magnate
a powerful or influential person
Root
- magn: great or large
Other words with the magn root
- magnanimity: generosity of spirit
- magnanimous: generous and noble-spirited
- magnificent: splendid, grand, or impressive
- magnify: to make larger or more important
- magniloquent: pompous or high-flown in speech
- magnitude: great size, extent, or importance
Magn gives great. A magnate is a great person in power, money, or influence.
The media magnate bought three newspapers and changed the city's politics.
Magnate belongs with magnitude and magnificent, but the greatness has moved into status. A magnate is not necessarily morally great; the word measures scale and power.