as in tycoon
a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field
a neighborhood in which the city's merchant princes built palaces that shamelessly celebrated their wealth
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of prince
After Air Force One was escorted into landing by Saudi fighter jets, Mr. Trump was greeted on the tarmac at the airport in Riyadh by the kingdom's de facto ruler, the crown prince.
—
Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 13 May 2025
Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner had established close ties to the crown prince; the Administration was criticized for not doing more to pursue the perpetrators.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Pakistan laid claim to the territory, while the prince chose India.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
The crown prince's decision to meet Trump personally stood in stark contrast to President Joe Biden's 2022 visit, when a provincial governor met Air Force One.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for prince
Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 13 May 2025
Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner had established close ties to the crown prince; the Administration was criticized for not doing more to pursue the perpetrators.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
Pakistan laid claim to the territory, while the prince chose India.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
The crown prince's decision to meet Trump personally stood in stark contrast to President Joe Biden's 2022 visit, when a provincial governor met Air Force One.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for prince
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prince
Noun
-
Apart from the sale of primary shares, Maynilad Water Holding—which counts Metro Pacific, tycoon Isidro Consunji’s DMCI Holdings and Japan’s Marubeni Corp. among its shareholders—will sell 354.7 million shares at the IPO price, raising an additional 7.1 billion pesos in a secondary offering.—
Ian Sayson,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
-
Elsewhere, organised crime still has its tendrils in many parts of the sport across the globe, and the misty-eyed reverence for benevolent local tycoons is a notion that went extinct before the Tasmanian tiger.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
Noun
-
The brand is a jewel in the crown of luxury magnate Bernard Arnault, the founder of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, who has owned Dior since 1984.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
-
But the character is more of a riff on the real-life oil baron Calouste Gulbenkian, the world’s richest man at the time of his death in 1955 and a template for today’s globe-roaming magnates who pledge allegiance only to their own ambitions.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
Noun
-
However, mattress brands in this list offer sizes ranging from twin XL to California king.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
30 May 2025
-
The ocean suites are laid out with a king bed and a large living room that opens to a generous porch with a daybed.—
Christopher Cameron,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
Noun
-
The animals, some of which were once kept as pets by drug lords, were moved to another facility after staff faced threats and gunfire — a total collapse of law and order.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
-
Gone are the propulsive writing, drug lords and chase scenes.—
Esmeralda Santiago,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
Noun
-
The name is inspired by the Spanish royal family’s practice of gifting pairs of merino sheep to other monarchs to honor its relationships.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
-
On May 26, the Danish monarch presented Count Nikolai of Monpezat and Count Felix of Monpezat with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
28 May 2025
Noun
-
The baron and his pious daughter seem at peace with their mutual estrangement until Zsa-zsa suddenly decides to break that habit.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 May 2025
-
In his view, the tech barons were not even on the right path to building their artificial Einstein.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
Instead, the 80 giant hedges here take the shape of giraffes, lions, elephants, and teddy bears.—
Blair West,
Travel + Leisure,
5 June 2025
-
Related Articles While these designers might be looking to adolescence — from drawing on upbringings spent among lions and tigers in South Africa to fighting against the constrictions of adulthood by refusing to grow up — there’s no Peter Pan syndrome here.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
Noun
-
Trump’s deportation dream team — Homeland Security head Kristi Noem, border czar Tom Homan and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller — has berated ICE officials for not doing more to comply with Trump’s wishes.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2025
-
Venture capitalist and Musk ally David Sacks, now serving as Trump’s czar for crypto and AI, gleefully read a list of Trump’s actions on crypto to the Winklevoss twins during a fireside chat.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
2 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Prince.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prince. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share