Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gazillionaire

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English

Syllables: gazil-lion-aire
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An incredibly rich person.

Humorous; Slang

Example Sentences

"The extent to which Lakeview is a for-profit undertaking becomes clearer when Nathan meets David Choak (the inspiration for whom is also easily guessable), a gazillionaire magnate who “influenced American politics for a generation” and who now spends his fortune in the afterlife on black-rhino burgers and endangered-parrot sandwiches."

Etymology

From gazillion + -aire.

Usage

Inflected Forms

gazillionaires (plural)

Synonyms

bajillionaire bazillionaire squillionaire zillionaire affluent capitalist fat cat HNWI moneybags rich person

Questions

What does gazillionaire mean?: An incredibly rich person.
Where does gazillionaire come from?: From gazillion + -aire.

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