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magnate

nounCommon GRE wordMore M words

a wealthy and influential person, especially in business

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In a sentence

Magnate in a sentence

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The shipping magnate controlled half the freight crossing the Atlantic.

Synonyms
tycoonbaronmogul
Antonyms
pauper

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Verbal · Text Completion

The novelist's late style is admired precisely for its blank: every superfluous phrase has been pared away, leaving prose of startling economy.

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Magnate (noun) means a wealthy and influential person, especially in business
Here is magnate used in an example sentence: "The shipping magnate controlled half the freight crossing the Atlantic."
Common synonyms for magnate include tycoon, baron, mogul.
Antonyms of magnate include pauper.
Magnate is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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