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MONEYMAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moneymaker mean?
• MONEYMAKER (noun)
The noun MONEYMAKER has 2 senses:
1. someone who is successful in accumulating wealth
2. a project that generates a continuous flow of money
Familiarity information: MONEYMAKER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who is successful in accumulating wealth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("moneymaker" is a kind of...):
capitalist (a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "moneymaker"):
moneygrubber (someone whose main interest in life is moneymaking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A project that generates a continuous flow of money
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
cash cow; money-spinner; moneymaker
Hypernyms ("moneymaker" is a kind of...):
project; projection (a planned undertaking)
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