capitalist

1. 1.

   of or relating to capitalism or capitalists

   “a capitalist nation”

   “capitalistic methods and incentives”

   Synonymscapitalistic
2. 2.

   favoring or practicing capitalism

   Synonymscapitalistic

   Similarbourgeoiscompetitiveindividualistic

Other forms of capitalist

plural

capitalists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about capitalist

What does capitalist mean?

capitalist means "a conservative advocate of capitalism". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in capitalist?

capitalist has 4 syllables: cap-i-ta-list. The stress falls on "cap". In IPA it is /ˈkæpətəlɪst/.

What is another word for capitalist?

Close synonyms include capitalistic, capitalistic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capitalist a common word?

capitalist is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.