All captain of industry synonyms
cap·tain of in·dus·try
C c noun captain of industry
- power — a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
- merchant — a person who buys and sells commodities for profit; dealer; trader.
- tycoon — a person of great wealth, influence, or power; magnate: a business tycoon; a political tycoon.
- capitalist — A capitalist country or system supports or is based on the principles of capitalism.
- mogul — any of the Mongol conquerors of India who established an empire that lasted from 1526 to 1857, but held only nominal power after 1803. See also Great Mogul.
- financier — a person skilled or engaged in managing large financial operations, whether public or corporate.
- aristocrat — An aristocrat is someone whose family has a high social rank, especially someone who has a title.
- magnate — a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
- boss — Your boss is the person in charge of the organization or department where you work.
- investor — to put (money) to use, by purchase or expenditure, in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- noble — distinguished by rank or title.
- name — a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
- figure — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- vip — A VIP is someone who is given better treatment than ordinary people because they are famous, influential, or important. VIP is an abbreviation for 'very important person'.
- plutocrat — a member of a plutocracy.
- notable — worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
- personage — a person of distinction or importance.
- chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
- businessperson — Businesspeople are people who work in business.
- lion — a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- industrialist — a person who owns or is involved in the management of an industrial enterprise.
- bigwig — If you refer to an important person as a bigwig, you are being rather disrespectful.
- peer — a person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers.
- leader — a person or thing that leads.
- director — a person or thing that directs.
- administrator — An administrator is a person whose job involves helping to organize and supervise the way that an organization or institution functions.
- owner — a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.
- manager — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- manufacturer — a person, group, or company that owns or runs a manufacturing plant.
- big shot — A big shot is an important and powerful person in a group or organization.
- fat cat — a wealthy person from whom large political campaign contributions are expected.
- celebrity — A celebrity is someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
- idol — an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- nabob — any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
- star — any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- heavyweight — heavy in weight.
- headliner — a performer whose name appears most prominently in a program or advertisement or on a marquee; star.
- megastar — A very famous person, especially in the world of entertainment.
- panjandrum — a self-important or pretentious official.
- superstar — a person, as a performer or athlete, who enjoys wide recognition, is esteemed for exceptional talent, and is eagerly sought after for his or her services.
- topliner — so important as to be named at or near the top of a newspaper item, advertisement, or the like: a topline actress; topline news.