tycoon
noun
[ tʌɪˈkuːn ]
• a wealthy, powerful person in business or industry.
• "a newspaper tycoon"
Similar:
magnate,
mogul,
big businessman,
baron,
merchant prince,
captain of industry,
industrialist,
financier,
top executive,
chief,
lord,
magnifico,
nabob,
grandee,
entrepreneur,
millionaire,
billionaire,
multimillionaire,
big shot,
big gun,
top dog,
Big Daddy,
Big Chief,
bigwig,
honcho,
zillionaire,
supremo,
squillionaire,
big wheel,
kahuna,
top banana,
big enchilada,
fat cat,
• a title applied by foreigners to the shogun of Japan in power between 1857 and 1868.
Origin:
mid 19th century: from Japanese taikun ‘great lord’.
