industrialists

Meaning

1. 1nounplural

   Plural of industrialist: people who own or run large factories or industrial companies.

   Grammar: Plural countable noun; the singular is industrialist.

   Patterns

   • wealthy industrialists
   • industrialists in a country

   Nineteenth-century industrialists built huge factories along the river.

   Several industrialists funded the new university.

   The town's industrialists were worried about rising coal prices.

Word forms

Common combinations

wealthy industrialists

Wealthy industrialists donated money to build the library.

leading industrialists

Leading industrialists met to discuss the new trade rules.

Victorian industrialists

Victorian industrialists often built homes for their workers.

industrialists and bankers

Industrialists and bankers backed the railway project.

industrialists and workers

Tension grew between industrialists and workers.

Synonyms and how they differ

manufacturers

Manufacturers refers to the companies or people making goods, while industrialists suggests owners with large-scale power and wealth.

magnates

Magnates highlights great influence in any business, whereas industrialists is limited to heavy industry or factories.

factory owners

Factory owners is plain English and concrete, while industrialists sounds more formal and broader.

tycoons

Tycoons is informal and used for very rich business leaders in any field.

Opposites

Word family

industrialist noun

one person who owns or runs industry

industry noun

the making of goods in factories

industrial adjective

relating to industry

industrialize verb

to develop industry in a country

Commonly confused: industrialists or industrious?

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