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TOP EXECUTIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A very wealthy or powerful businessman

Example:

an oil baron

Synonyms:

baron; big businessman; business leader; king; magnate; mogul; power; top executive; tycoon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("top executive" is a kind of...):

businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "top executive"):

oil tycoon (a powerful person in the oil business)

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