Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rockefeller

1 sense of rockefeller

Sense 1
Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, John Davison Rockefeller -- (United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937))
       INSTANCE OF=> industrialist -- (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)
       INSTANCE OF=> philanthropist, altruist -- (someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being)