billionaire
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billionaire
- /ˌbɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˌbɪl.jəˈnɛɚ/ US
noun billionaires
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Somebody whose wealth is at least one billion (10⁹) currency units (usually understood to exclude holders of hyperinflated currencies).
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal
Similar: milliardaire
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: millionaire, reclusive, billion, trillionaire, milliardaire, superbillionaire, multibillionaire, multitrillionaire, centimillionaire, bazillionaire, centillionaire, quadrillionaire, multimillionaire, decillionaire, bajillionaire, billionairedom
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noun wealth exceeding one billion (10<sup>9</sup>)
| Español | milmillonario, millardario, billonario |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 억만장자 eongmanjangja |
| 日本語 | 億万長者 okumanchōja, ビリオネア birionea |
| 中文 | 億萬富翁 /亿万富翁 yìwàn fùwēng |
| Kiswahili | bilionea |
| Português | bilionário |
| Français | milliardaire |
| Deutsch | Milliardär, Milliardärin |
| Italiano | miliardario |
| Ελληνικά | δισεκατομμυριούχος disekatommyrioúchos |
| Română | miliardar, miliardară |
| Русский | миллиарде́р milliardér, миллиарде́рша milliardérša |
| Tiếng Việt | tỉ phú |
| العربية | مِلْيَارْدِير milyārdīr |
| עברית | מיליארדר miliarder, מיליארדרית miliarderit |
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title = {billionaire},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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