NAPOLEONS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

Napoleons

noun

plural of Napoleon

as in magnates

a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field started out as a small-time banker but ultimately became a Napoleon of finance

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The verdict cleared a legal cloud hanging over OpenAI's restructuring right as both magnates were steering their companies toward the public market.

— Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Newspapers fell into the hands of magnates who advanced their own interests.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Definition of magnates

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Set in the eponymous Texas metropolis, Dallas followed the Ewings, a powerful family of oil tycoons and ranch owners whose feuds and foibles made for wildly entertaining primetime viewing.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026
Three of Paxton’s billionaire backers were Texas-native tycoons with a history of funding right-wing candidates in the state, one of whom died after his donation.

— Andrew Balaban, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

Definition of tycoons

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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Gold not glittering As for gold, while the yellow metal has traditionally been sought out by kings and paupers throughout history alike, the anaemic gold price has puzzled experts.

— Lim Hui Jie,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 3 July 2026
Unfortunately, a group of eastern kings pillage Sodom and Gomorrah and take Lot captive along with others.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026

Definition of kings

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The two estranged princes – now fathers and husbands – have only seen one another a handful of times in the last four years.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
With nanny Olga Powell and mom Diana, the young princes enjoyed an open-sleigh ride in Lech, Austria, on March 30, 1993.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

Definition of princes

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For generations, the Sea had been the lifeblood of the Karakalpak people, who lived as seminomadic pastoralists under various rulers, including khanates, tsars, the USSR, and now independent Uzbekistan.

— Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
Büttner, who is not Jewish, serves as one of 15 state antisemitism czars in Germany, which also has a federal antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein.

— Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of czars

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Circe is able, by means of drugs and incantations, to change humans into wolves, lions, and other animals.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 July 2026
Some time later, Umbro even released a special New Order version of it, with a World In Motion logo replacing the three lions national crest.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 28 June 2026

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This was perhaps the greatest bifurcation of the labor force seen since the days of land barons.

— Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Lipstye and others worried that Shelter Island was becoming a place dominated by wealthy barons who weren’t necessarily invested in the community — a place, in short, like the South Fork.

— Reeves Wiedeman, Curbed, 22 June 2026

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