multimillionaire

noun

mul·​ti·​mil·​lion·​aire ˌməl-tē-ˌmi(l)-yə-ˈner 

-ˌtī-,

-ˈmi(l)-yə-ˌner

variants or less commonly multi-millionaire

plural multimillionaires also multi-millionaires

: a person whose wealth amounts to many millions (as of dollars or pounds)

… she has exhibited a sharp business brain, and is now a multimillionaire.

—Jessamy Calkin

the company's multimillionaire owner/founder

a multimillionaire sports/rock/movie star

Examples of multimillionaire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The last time elites were this vocal in their influence, Larson said, was during the Gilded Age, when multimillionaires such as William Randolph Hearst and Jay Gould worked to shape American politics. —Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024

What do multimillionaires like Bruce Springsteen who's worth $750 million, LeBron James worth $800 million, or Taylor Swift worth $1.5 billion know about the struggles of average Americans paying 30-50 percent more for groceries and gas since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office? —Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024

Herbert Hoover became a multimillionaire through his ownership of Burmese silver mines, and by earning royalties from sales of a textbook on mining engineering, according to the Miller Center at University of Virginia. 10. —Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024

Think Monaco, Malta, and Poland, where the number of multimillionaires can expect to surge by 75% or more. —Sydney Lake, Fortune Europe, 18 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

multimillionaire

noun

mul·​ti·​mil·​lion·​aire

ˌməl-ti-ˌmil-yə-ˈna(ə)r,

-ˌtī-,

-ˈne(ə)r,

-ˈmil-yə-ˌna(ə)r,

-ˌne(ə)r

: a person whose wealth is estimated at several millions (as of dollars)