MOGUL
Dictionary entry overview: What does Mogul mean?
• MOGUL (noun)
The noun MOGUL has 3 senses:
1. a bump on a ski slope
2. a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
3. a very wealthy or powerful businessman
Familiarity information: MOGUL used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MOGUL (noun)
Meaning:
A bump on a ski slope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("mogul" is a kind of...):
bulge; bump; excrescence; extrusion; gibbosity; gibbousness; hump; jut; prominence; protrusion; protuberance (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)
Meaning:
A member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Moghul; Mogul
Hypernyms ("Mogul" is a kind of...):
ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)
Meaning:
A very wealthy or powerful businessman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
big businessman; business leader; magnate; tycoon; top executive; baron; king; mogul; power
Context example:
an oil baron
Hypernyms ("mogul" is a kind of...):
businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mogul"):
oil tycoon (a powerful person in the oil business)
