magnate

Other forms of magnate

plural

magnates·

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 magnate

What does magnate mean?

magnate means "a very wealthy or powerful businessman".

How many syllables are in magnate?

magnate has 2 syllables: mag-nate. The stress falls on "mag". In IPA it is /ˈmæɡnət/.

What is another word for magnate?

Close synonyms include baron, big businessman, business leader, king, mogul. 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 magnate a common word?

magnate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with magnate?

2 words rhyme with magnate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.