tycoon

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ty=coon

CIDE DICTIONARY

tycoon, n. [Chinese tai-kun great prince.].

 The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tycoon, n.
1 a business magnate.
2 hist. a title applied by foreigners to the shogun of Japan 1854-68.

Etymology

Jap. taikun great lord

THESAURUS

tycoon

Dalai Lama, Establishment, Holy Roman Emperor, Inca, Kaiser, VIP, ardri, banker, baron, bey, big boss, big businessman, big cheese, big gun, big man, big name, big shot, big wheel, big-time operator, big-timer, bigwig, billionaire, brass, brass hat, business leader, businessman, cacique, caesar, captain of industry, celebrity, cham, czar, dignitary, dignity, director, elder, enterpriser, entrepreneur, father, figure, financier, great man, important person, industrialist, interests, kaid, khan, king, lion, little businessman, lords of creation, magnate, man of commerce, man of mark, manager, merchant, merchant prince, mikado, mogul, multimillionaire, nabob, name, negus, notability, notable, padishah, panjandrum, pendragon, person of renown, personage, personality, pharaoh, pillar of society, potentate, power, power elite, prince, rig, ruling circle, sachem, sagamore, shah, sheikh, shogun, somebody, something, tenno, the great, the top, top brass, top executive, top people, very important person, wheeler-dealer, worthy

ROGET THESAURUS

tycoon

Master

N master, padrone, lord, lord paramount, commander, commandant, captain, chief, chieftain, sirdar, sachem, sheik, head, senior, governor, ruler, dictator, leader, boss, cockarouse, sagamore, werowance, lord of the ascendant, cock of the walk, cock of the roost, gray mare, mistress, potentate, liege, liege lord, suzerain, sovereign, monarch, autocrat, despot, tyrant, oligarch, crowned head, emperor, king, anointed king, majesty, imperator, protector, president, stadholder, judge, ceasar, kaiser, czar, tsar, sultan, soldan, grand Turk, caliph, imaum, shah, padishah, sophi, mogul, great mogul, khan, lama, tycoon, mikado, tenno, inca, cazique, voivode, landamman, seyyid, Abuna, cacique, czarowitz, grand seignior, prince, duke, archduke, doge, elector, seignior, marland, margrave, rajah, emir, wali, sheik nizam, nawab, empress, queen, sultana, czarina, princess, infanta, duchess, margravine, czarevna, czarita, maharani, rani, rectrix, regent, viceroy, exarch, palatine, khedive, hospodar, beglerbeg, three-tailed bashaw, pasha, bashaw, bey, beg, dey, scherif, tetrarch, satrap, mandarin, subahdar, nabob, maharajah, burgrave, laird, collector, commissioner, deputy commissioner, woon, the authorities, the powers that be, the government, staff, etat major, aga, official, man in office, person in authority, sircar, sirkar, Sublime Porte, marshal, field marshal, marechal, general, generalissimo, commander in chief, seraskier, hetman, lieutenant general, major general, colonel, lieutenant colonel, major, captain, centurion, skipper, lieutenant, first lieutenant, second lieutenant, sublieutenant, officer, staff officer, aide-de-camp, brigadier, brigade major, adjutant, jemidar, ensign, cornet, cadet, subaltern, noncommissioned officer, warrant officer, sergeant, sergeant major, color sergeant, corporal, corporal major, lance corporal, acting corporal, drum major, captain general, dizdar, knight marshal, naik, pendragon, mayor, mayoralty, prefect, chancellor, archon, provost, magistrate, syndic, alcalde, alcaid, burgomaster, corregidor, seneschal, alderman, councilman, committeeman, councilwoman, warden, constable, portreeve, lord mayor, officer, dewan, fonctionnaire, admiral, admiralty, rear admiral, vice admiral, port admiral, commodore, captain, commander, lieutenant, ensign, skipper, mate, master, officer of the day, OD, navarch, da locum melioribus, der Furst ist der erste Diener seines Staats, the prince is the first servant of his state, lord of thy presence and no land beside.