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plutocrat

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: oligarch

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tycoonocrat, oligarch

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who exercises power by virtue of wealth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rich person, wealthy person, have

History

Etymology

From pluto- + -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”) + κράτος (krátos, “power, might”).

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: plutòcrata — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 財閥 /财阀 (cáifá) — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Czech: plutokrat — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Danish: plutokrat — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Dutch: plutocraat — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Esperanto: plutokrato — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Finnish: plutokraatti — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • French: ploutocrate — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Georgian: პლუტოკრატი (ṗluṭoḳraṭi) — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • German: Plutokrat — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • German: Plutokratin — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Hungarian: plutokrata — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Irish: maoinlathaí — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Japanese: 財閥 (zaibatsu) — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Korean: 재벌 (jaebeol) — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Manx: argid-reiltagh — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Portuguese: plutocrata — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Russian: плутокра́т (plutokrát) — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Swedish: plutokrat — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth
  • Vietnamese: tài phiệt — someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth