tycoon
Plural: tycoons
Noun
- A wealthy and powerful business magnate.
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman
- A wealthy and powerful business person.
- A game involving the use of a base to generate bricks and cash (similar to an idle game or clicker game), which can then be used to purchase upgrades and expand. Common within the massively multiplayer online game platform Roblox.
Examples
- Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains.
- He played TYCOON, hoping to become the Words With Friends tycoon of this match.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 大君(たいくん) (taikun, “great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster Tycoon).
Synonyms
baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, captain of industry, tycoon game
Scrabble Score: 11
tycoon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtycoon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tycoon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary