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capitalist

/ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/adjective, noun

capitalist is an adjective meaning “Of, or pertaining to, capitalism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-T and has 4 syllables, and it appears 6.2 times per million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does capitalist mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, or pertaining to, capitalism.

    capitalist economy

  2. 2

    Supporting or endorsing capitalism.

  3. 3

    nonstandardAmerican.

noun

  1. 1

    The owner of a considerable amount of capital; a wealthy person.

  2. 2

    Someone whose wealth (capital) is invested in business ventures in order to return a profit.

    Near-synonyms: businessman, financier, industrialist

  3. 3

    A person who is a supporter of capitalism.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce capitalist?

  • /ˈkæp.ɪ.tə.lɪst/

Capitalist has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-capitalist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of capitalist

  • more capitalist comparative
  • most capitalist superlative
  • capitalists plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is capitalist?

Capitalist appears 6.2 times per million words in written English, the 9,735th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Capitalist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcapitaliste (supporting or endorsing capitalism)
Germankapitalistisch (supporting or endorsing capitalism), Kapitalist, Kapitalistin (supporter of capitalism)
Portuguesecapitalista (supporting or endorsing capitalism)
Spanishcapitalista (supporting or endorsing capitalism)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.