moneymen
Those controlling pursestrings
Moneymen are the people who control or provide money for a venture—financiers, investors, or backers.
The term often carries a faintly skeptical tone, suggesting figures whose influence comes from wealth rather than expertise: The moneymen wanted a safer ending for the film.
Also spelled as two words.
Funder of activities
- donorOne who contributes freely
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- philanthropistDonor to charitable causes
- contributorOne who provides something
supporter · guarantor · angel · patron · financier · underwriter · promoter · crowdfunder
Money institution employee
- investorOne who allocates capital
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
- lenderOne who loans money
- underwriterOne who assumes financial risk
backer · funder · dealmaker · speculator · trader · moneylender · creditor · stakeholder
Wealthy business leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
- millionairePerson possessing great wealth
plutocrat · oligarch · industrialist · kingpin · titan · powerbroker · wheeler-dealer · rainmaker
sponsor
Funder of activities
- donorOne who contributes freely
- benefactorOne who gives aid
- philanthropistDonor to charitable causes
contributor · supporter · guarantor · angel · patron · financier · underwriter · promoter · crowdfunder · stakeholder
banker
Money institution employee
underwriter · backer · funder · dealmaker · speculator · trader · moneylender · creditor · stakeholder · bankroller
magnate
Wealthy business leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- mogulInfluential industry leader
- billionairePerson worth ten figures
millionaire · plutocrat · oligarch · industrialist · kingpin · titan · powerbroker · wheeler-dealer · rainmaker · heavyweight
influence
Power to affect others
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- eliteSuperior select group
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
insider · lobby · corruption · cronyism · nepotism · payola · kickback
moneymencreatives
People who produce original work
artists · talent · artistes · visionaries · craftspeople
moneymenpaupers
Extremely impoverished people
the poor · debtors · have-nots · borrowers · working class
moneymenidealists
Pursuers of perfect visions
ascetics · philanthropists · altruists · do-gooders · monks