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tycoon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /taɪˈkuːn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 大君 (“great lord, prince”), a title for the shōgun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese 大班 (daai⁶ baan¹). The game sense was derived from the use of tycoon in titles of games in which one plays a tycoon (e.g., RollerCoaster Tycoon).

Meanings

  1. A wealthy and powerful business person.
    • Dagobert had only one customer, an American who wore square, rimless glasses and a beige suit and looked like a Wall Street tycoon. 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 24, in Crime out of Mind:
    • Sometimes even Greek shipping tycoons run out of money. 1971, James A. Michener, The Drifters: A Novel, page 279:
  2. A business simulator game, typically involving building and managing some form of infrastructure.
    • Zoo Tycoon is only one of several "tycoon" types of games, such as Railroad Tycoon, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Pizza Tycoon, and, without the "tycoon" title, but with all the fun and challenge, The Movies. 2007 May 17, Rusel Demaria, Reset: Changing the Way We Look at Video Games, National Geographic Books:
    • Whilst making spaces more green is generally a goal for town planning these days, this game in the style of classic tycoons like SimCity and Rollercoaster Tycoon, does the complete opposite. 2025, James Binns, “This funny game mashes up Sim City and Cities Skylines to create a parking hell”, in GearNuke:
  3. A game involving the use of a base to generate bricks and cash (similar to an idle game or clicker game), which can then be used to purchase upgrades and expand. Common within the massively multiplayer online game platform Roblox.
    • “What should we play? Adopt Me, a tycoon, SCP, an obby?” 2022, Jessica Stone, Digital Play Therapy: A Clinician’s Guide to Comfort and Competence, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN:
    • In most tycoons, you will find an automatic machine called a dropper, which is used for producing bricks. 2017, Christina Majaski, The Ultimate Unofficial Guide to Robloxing: Everything You Need to Know to Build Awesome Games!, New York, N.Y.: Sky Pony Press, →ISBN, page 65:
    • The next most common game that we see inside Roblox are Tycoons. 2022, Heath Haskins, The Advanced Roblox Coding Book: An Unofficial Guide, Updated Edition: Learn How to Script Games, Code Objects and Settings, and Create Your Own World!, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 153:
    • These experiences have fallen somewhat out of favor because once a tycoon is complete and all items are unlocked, there is not much of an incentive to continue playing. Updating these experiences can be a more difficult task, depending on how your tycoon is structured. 2022, Zander Brumbaugh, Coding Roblox Games Made Easy, 2nd edition, Packt, →ISBN, page 217:
    • In my opinion, tycoons are great to create as your first game, but they take time to learn! The main tips are to keep the tycoon simple and stick with a theme. 2019, Roblox Guide to Success and Dominating the World of Roblox, Ro Books, →ISBN, page 13:
    • Tycoons / A game in which users build up some sort of business by earning money over time and then using that money on upgrades. 2013, Brandon LaRouche, Intermediate ROBLOX Lua Programming, Double Trouble Studio, →ISBN, page 172:
  4. The first placer of Tycoon.

Forms

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tycoons Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

beggar

Deriveds

tycooness · tycoonocracy · tycoon game · tycoonocrat · tycoonery · oil tycoon

Relateds

taipan · daimyō

Synonyms

tycoon game · mogul · tycoon game · magnate · captain of industry

Translations (64)

de Tycoon (wealthy, powerful business person) · es pez gordo (wealthy, powerful business person) · el βασιλιάς (wealthy, powerful business person) · sh tàjkūn (wealthy, powerful business person) · is auðjöfur (wealthy, powerful business person) · eu handiki (wealthy, powerful business person) · ja 大立者 (wealthy, powerful business person) · de Mogul (wealthy, powerful business person) · de Magnat (wealthy, powerful business person) · sh ма̀гна̄т (wealthy, powerful business person) · hu iparmágnás (wealthy, powerful business person) · it magnate (wealthy, powerful business person) · gv ard-ghelleyder (wealthy, powerful business person) · it tycoon (wealthy, powerful business person) · vi vua tư bản (wealthy, powerful business person) · cs magnát (wealthy, powerful business person) · it mogol (wealthy, powerful business person) · de Manager (wealthy, powerful business person) · sh màgnāt (wealthy, powerful business person) · fi suuraatelinen (wealthy, powerful business person) · vi trùm tư bản (wealthy, powerful business person) · it mogul (wealthy, powerful business person) · pl magnat (wealthy, powerful business person) · el μεγαλοεπιχειρηματίας (wealthy, powerful business person) · fr tycoon (wealthy, powerful business person) · da magnat (wealthy, powerful business person) · pt magnata (wealthy, powerful business person) · es magnate (wealthy, powerful business person) · el μεγιστάνας (wealthy, powerful business person) · kk шонжар (wealthy, powerful business person) · sh та̀јкӯн (wealthy, powerful business person) · nl tycoon (wealthy, powerful business person) · ja 巨頭 (wealthy, powerful business person) · ro magnat (wealthy, powerful business person) · it capitano d'industria (wealthy, powerful business person) · io magnato (wealthy, powerful business person) · fr magnat (wealthy, powerful business person) · sv magnat (wealthy, powerful business person) · he טַיְיקוּן (wealthy, powerful business person) · ru магна́т (wealthy, powerful business person) · nl taikoen (wealthy, powerful business person) · nn magnat (wealthy, powerful business person) · he אֵיל הוֹן (wealthy, powerful business person) · ko 거물 (wealthy, powerful business person) · fi pohatta (wealthy, powerful business person) · eo magnato (wealthy, powerful business person) · bg магнат (wealthy, powerful business person) · cmn 財閥 /财阀 (wealthy, powerful business person) · cmn 巨頭 /巨头 (wealthy, powerful business person) · nb tycoon (wealthy, powerful business person) · ja 実力者 (wealthy, powerful business person) · fi magnaatti (wealthy, powerful business person) · et magnaat (wealthy, powerful business person) · cmn 大款 (wealthy, powerful business person) · nb magnat (wealthy, powerful business person) · et suurtööstur (wealthy, powerful business person) · vi tài phiệt (wealthy, powerful business person) · cmn 大亨 (wealthy, powerful business person) · fi suurliikemies (wealthy, powerful business person) · nl magnaat (wealthy, powerful business person) · da matador (wealthy, powerful business person) · io nabobo (wealthy, powerful business person) · uk магна́т (wealthy, powerful business person) · ca magnat (wealthy, powerful business person)

wikipedia: RollerCoaster Tycoon