PROFITEER Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word profiteer. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for PROFITEER
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| capitalist | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to capitalism or capitalists • favoring or practicing capitalism noun • a conservative advocate of capitalism • a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) | ||||||||
| exploiter | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically | ||||||||
| mercenary | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person hired to fight for another country than their own adjective satellite • marked by materialism • serving for wages in a foreign army • profit oriented | ||||||||
| opportunist | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a person who places expediency above principle adjective satellite • taking immediate advantage, often unethically, of any circumstance of possible benefit | ||||||||
| shark | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales • a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest • a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways verb • play the shark; act with trickery • hunt shark | ||||||||
| speculator | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts • someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains | ||||||||
| usurer | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | ||||||||
