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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Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Tech companies, venture capitalists, states and others are competing for electricity and straining the nation’s electric grid.
—Matthew Daly, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 May 2025
Which one of these worlds—the capitalist vortex or the polycule-friendly group house—is more real?
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
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Noun
In addition, venture capitalists are seeking business ideas formulated by designers, versus technology experts with utilitarian approaches.
—Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
Tech companies, venture capitalists, states and others are competing for electricity and straining the nation’s electric grid.
—Matthew Daly, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
Adjective
The arrival of these virtual agents, their venture capitalist backers predict, will turbocharge our productivity and unleash an age of material abundance.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 May 2025
Which one of these worlds—the capitalist vortex or the polycule-friendly group house—is more real?
—Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
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“Capitalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitalist. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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