What does millionaire mean?
Word: Millionaire
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Millionaire means a person who owns money and property worth at least a million units of their currency.
How do you spell millionaire?
Syllables: mil - lion - aire
Tricky part: The two l letters tempt pupils to double the n as well, giving millionnaire. There is only one n.
Watch out for: millionnaire, milionnaire, millionair
Memory tip: Even with all that money, this person cannot afford a second n.
Millionaire in a sentence
Example 1: The young baker became a millionaire after her biscuit recipe caught on.
Example 2: A millionaire from our town paid for the new library wing.
Example 3: Few people expected the shy inventor to end up a millionaire.
Fun Fact
Measured in pounds or dollars, a millionaire has at least a million, which is a thousand thousand. Someone with a thousand million is a billionaire.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
After years of selling hand-made soaps from a tiny stall near the railway station, the determined young woman finally became a millionare and opened a factory in her village.
a) factory
b) millionare
c) determined
d) railway
Show answer
b) millionare. The ending has an i before the r, like the word air.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
millionairre
a) i
b) n
c) l
d) r
Show answer
d) r. A single r comes before the final e.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The shop owner sold his chain of stores and retired a nmreialloii at fifty.
a) milestone
b) millimetre
c) millennium
d) millionaire
Show answer
d) millionaire. Milestone, millennium and millimetre all lack the a in this jumble.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word millionaire as used in the sentence:
The tea seller's son became a millionaire and built a school in his town.
a) heir
b) pauper
c) magnate
d) tycoon
Show answer
b) pauper. A pauper has almost nothing; a tycoon and a magnate are both very rich, and an heir may be too.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these could a millionaire most easily buy without a loan?
a) a large cruise ship
b) a national airline
c) a new family car
d) a big city hospital
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c) a new family car
2. A self-made millionaire is someone who ____.
a) was left the money by their parents
b) earned the wealth by their own efforts
c) won the money in a single contest
d) married into a family with a fortune
Show answer
b) earned the wealth by their own efforts
