Daddy Warbucks
Rich powerful benefactor
Daddy Warbucks is a wealthy, bald industrialist from the comic strip *Little Orphan Annie*, who adopts the title character.
The name has become shorthand for any rich benefactor or sugar daddy: She found herself a Daddy Warbucks to fund her startup.
The term often carries a slightly mocking tone, suggesting money compensating for other qualities.
- wealthyHaving abundant financial resources
- millionairePerson possessing great wealth
- old moneyLong-established family fortune
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- richHaving much of something
musical · powerful · Broadway musical · mogul · foster parent · Willy Wonka · Carnegie · savior figure · philanthropist · benefactor · comics · industrialist · rags to riches · protector · deep pocket · fat cat · New York City · guardian
- Comic CharactersSuperman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Captain America
- Fictional RichBruce Wayne, Tony Stark, Scrooge McDuck, Richie Rich, Jay Gatsby
- Musical CharactersElphaba, Jean Valjean, Javert, Cosette, Fantine
- Bald Headsbaldy, chrome dome, cue ball, shaved head, Mr. Clean
- comicscomic books, comic book, comic strip, comic art, comic panel
Daddy Warbuckspauper
Person in extreme poverty
beggar · orphan · street urchin · Oliver Twist · Little Orphan Annie
Daddy WarbucksScrooge
Miserly, cold-hearted person
miser · skinflint · exploiter · robber baron · slumlord
Daddy Warbuckstrust fund baby
One living off family money
heir · heiress · Paris Hilton · dependent · kept woman
daddy, buck, bucks, wars, warred, warring, warlike, warrior, daddies