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Spell Bee Word: capitalist


Basic Details

Word: Capitalist

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A person who owns money, land or businesses and uses them to make more profit.

Synonyms: investor, industrialist

How to Spell Capitalist

Syllables: cap - i - tal - ist

Tricky part: It is capital + ist, so the middle is ital. Children write capatalist or capitelist because the vowels are not said clearly.

Watch out for: capatalist, capitelist, capitolist

Memory tip: Start from capital, the money a business begins with, and add ist, the ending of artist and scientist.

Usage Examples

Example 1: The capitalist put his savings into a new shoe factory in Agra.

Example 2: In the story, a rich capitalist buys up every shop on the street.

Example 3: Our history teacher explained how a capitalist earns money from investments.

Fun Fact

Capital comes from the Latin caput, meaning head. It once meant the main sum of money, kept separate from the interest earned on it.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Makeup

Choose the suffix that completes the word:

capital

a) ist
b) est
c) iste
d) ast

Show answer

a) ist. A person linked to an idea or skill often takes ist, as a pianist does.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

cap_t_list

a) i, a
b) a, a
c) i, o
d) e, a

Show answer

a) i, a. The word inside is capital, with an i and then an a.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

plaiticsat

a) capitalism
b) capitalise
c) catalyst
d) capitalist

Show answer

d) capitalist. Capitalism ends in m and capitalise in e; capitalist is the one with an s and two t's.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A capitalist mainly wants to ____.

a) use money to earn more money
b) live without any money
c) count money for a bank
d) give all money away

Show answer

a) use money to earn more money

2. Capitalism is an idea. What do we call a person who owns businesses and follows that idea?

a) a captive
b) a capitol
c) a capital
d) a capitalist

Show answer

d) a capitalist

Associated Words

cornmealsuspicionacceptablerejoiceincredible
advertiseescalateschemeentangledmonochrome

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