cap·i·tal·ist
ˈka-pə-tə-list 
ˈkap-tə-
1
: a person who has capital especially invested in business
industrial capitalists
2
: a person who favors capitalism
variants
or capitalistic
ˌka-pə-tə-ˈli-stik
ˌkap-tə-
1
: owning capital
the capitalist class
2
a
: practicing or advocating capitalism
capitalist nations
b
: marked by capitalism
capitalist period of history
Examples of capitalist in a Sentence
Noun
capitalists who lost everything in the '29 Crash
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Dawn Chmielewski, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Exits — which offer investors a way to take out their money and profit on their investments — have also been few and far between in the region, according to industry insiders, which has made many venture capitalists and limited partners more cautious on their bets.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2025
John Teichert, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
Some of his strongest pieces offered an arch critique of the capitalist frenzy Italy was about to embark upon under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
—Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Frank McCourt announced on Monday that Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit and a venture capitalist, has joined his bid to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations as a strategic adviser specializing in social media.
—Dawn Chmielewski, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Exits — which offer investors a way to take out their money and profit on their investments — have also been few and far between in the region, according to industry insiders, which has made many venture capitalists and limited partners more cautious on their bets.
—Ernestine Siu, CNBC, 23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Their policies beckon as a capitalist utopia when compared with Moore’s Maryland.
—John Teichert, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
Some of his strongest pieces offered an arch critique of the capitalist frenzy Italy was about to embark upon under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
—Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitalist. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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