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Adjective capitalist has 2 senses

capitalist, capitalistic - of or relating to capitalism or capitalists; "a capitalist nation"; "capitalistic methods and incentives"
capitalistic, capitalist - favoring or practicing capitalism

Noun capitalist has 2 senses

capitalist - a conservative advocate of capitalism
--₁ is a kind of conservative, conservativist
capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
--₂ is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
--₂ has particulars:
businessperson, bourgeois; financier, moneyman; holder, bearer; investor; materialist; moneymaker; profiteer; Astor, John Jacob Astor