Meanings
plural zillionaires
- humorousslangAn incredibly rich person.
“Just dropping some friends off at the pool,” the 50-year-old zillionaire informed his 66 million Twitter followers on the evening of Nov. 29, having previously advised that at least half his tweets were “made on a porcelain throne.”
2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021Synonyms: bajillionaire, bazillionaire, gazillionaire, squillionaire, affluent, capitalist, fat cat, HNWI
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn incredibly rich person.
Origin
- Englishzillion
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*sm̥-
- Proto-Indo-European*smih₂
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰes-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslom
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰéslih₂
- Proto-Indo-European*smih₂ǵʰéslih₂
- Proto-Italic*smīɣeslī
- Latinmīlle
- Italianmille
- Italianmilione
- Old Frenchmillion
- Middle Frenchmillion
- Frenchmillion
- Frenchmillionnaire
- Englishmillionaire
- Englishzillionaire
Cite this entry
zillionaire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zillionaire
“zillionaire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zillionaire. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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