millionaires
Seven-figure earners
Millionaires is the plural of millionaire—people whose wealth exceeds one million units of currency, typically dollars.
The threshold has shifted in significance; a millionaire in 1900 commanded extraordinary wealth, while today the term often describes the merely affluent: The neighborhood is full of millionaires.
Billionaire has largely replaced it as shorthand for the truly rich.
Wealth or destiny
- richesAbundant valuable possessions
- assetsOwned items of value
- capitalWealth used for investment
- portfolioCollected works or assets
investments · stocks · bonds · real-estate · dividends · inheritance · holdings · savings
Large pleasure vessel
- mansionLarge, stately home
- penthouseTop-floor luxury apartment
- limousineStretched luxury automobile
- champagneEffervescent celebratory wine
caviar · designer · jewelry · gourmet · spa · concierge · silk · villa
Wealthy business leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- industrialistMajor manufacturing business owner
- oligarchMember of small ruling class
capitalist · conglomerate · CEO · executive · powerbroker · kingpin · monopolist · patriarch
Rule by hereditary elite
- upper-crustSocial elite class
- jet-setWealthy international travelers
- socialitesPeople famous for attending events
- exclusiveLimited to one group
privileged · prestige · blueblood · nobility · gentry · dynasty · establishment · debutante
One who starts businesses
- bootstrappingSelf-starting without external input
- rags-to-richesDramatic upward mobility narrative
- startupNew business enterprise
- innovationCreating something original
ambition · hustle · grit · perseverance · determination · visionary · pioneer · self-taught
Voluntary aid for others
- donationsGifts to organizations
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
giving · generosity · endowment · nonprofit · humanitarian · grants · sponsorship · contribution
fortune
Wealth or destiny
portfolio · investments · stocks · bonds · real-estate · dividends · inheritance · holdings · savings · prosperity
yacht
Large pleasure vessel
champagne · caviar · designer · jewelry · gourmet · spa · concierge · silk · villa · chauffeur
magnate
Wealthy business leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- industrialistMajor manufacturing business owner
oligarch · capitalist · conglomerate · CEO · executive · powerbroker · kingpin · monopolist · patriarch · dynasty
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- upper-crustSocial elite class
- jet-setWealthy international travelers
- socialitesPeople famous for attending events
exclusive · privileged · prestige · blueblood · nobility · gentry · dynasty · establishment · debutante · polo
entrepreneur
One who starts businesses
- bootstrappingSelf-starting without external input
- rags-to-richesDramatic upward mobility narrative
- startupNew business enterprise
innovation · ambition · hustle · grit · perseverance · determination · visionary · pioneer · self-taught · meritocracy
charity
Voluntary aid for others
- donationsGifts to organizations
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- benefactorOne who gives aid
patronage · giving · generosity · endowment · nonprofit · humanitarian · grants · sponsorship · contribution · benevolence
- eliteselites, plutocrats, oligarchs, aristocrats, blue bloods
- wealthy peoplebillionaires, media moguls, oil barons, oil magnates, Bill Gates
- Wealth Classespoor, rich, wealthy, affluent, billionaires
- Affluencewealth, wealthy, affluence, prestige, elite
- Bernie SandersVermont, Burlington, white hair, glasses, finger wagging
- eliteelite, elites, aristocrats, nobility, best
millionairespaupers
Extremely impoverished people
the poor · beggars · have-nots · bankrupts · minimum wage workers
millionairespeasants
Low-ranking agricultural workers
serfs · commoners · ordinary people · the proletariat · proletariat
- self-made millionairePerson who earned fortune independently
- who wants to be a millionaire
- Slumdog Millionaire
- millionaire shortbreadThree-layered chocolate caramel bar
- millionaire taxTax targeting the affluent