Meaning & use
monopolizer
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Meanings
nouncountablebusiness
A person or company that takes exclusive control of a market or supply.
Grammar: Countable: a monopolizer, the monopolizers. Often followed by 'of': a monopolizer of the market.
Patterns
- a monopolizer of something
Regulators accused the tech giant of being a monopolizer of online search.
The oil monopolizer controlled prices across the region.
nouncountabledisapproving
Someone who keeps all of something for themselves, not sharing.
Grammar: Countable; often used disapprovingly for a person in a social setting.
Patterns
- a monopolizer of something
He's such a monopolizer—he never lets anyone else talk.
At the party, she was a monopolizer of the host's attention.
Word forms
| plural | monopolizers |
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Common combinations
- a monopolizer of the market
- The company was labeled a monopolizer of the market and fined.
- a monopolizer of attention
- The toddler was a monopolizer of attention at the family gathering.
- accused as a monopolizer
- The firm was accused as a monopolizer after buying its main competitor.
Synonyms and how they differ
- monopolist
- More formal and economic; often used for a company or individual with a monopoly.
- hog
- Informal and disapproving; used for a person who takes more than their share.
Opposites
Word family
- monopolize verb
- To take exclusive control or keep all of something.
- monopoly noun
- Exclusive control of a market or supply.
- monopolistic adjective
- Relating to a monopoly.
Commonly confused: monopolizer or monopolist?
monopolizer vs monopolist
A monopolist is often a company or economic agent; a monopolizer can be any person who monopolizes something, even a conversation.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence:
Choose one answer.
The phrase is 'a monopolizer of something'. 'Of' shows what is being monopolized. Other prepositions do not fit this pattern.
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