Synonyms for monopoly
məˈnɒp ə limo·nop·o·ly

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1. monopolynoun

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

2. monopolynoun

   A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

3. monopolynoun

   A land monopoly renders its holder(s) nearly almighty in an agricultural society

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

4. monopolynoun

   Granting monopolies in concession constitutes a market-conform alternative to taxation for the state, while the crown sometimes bestowed a monopoly as an outrageous gift

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

5. monopolynoun

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

6. monopolynoun

   The holder (person, company or other) of such market domination in one of the the above manners.

   Synonyms:
   monopolist

   Antonyms:
   monopsony

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1. monopoly

   Synonyms:
   privilege, engrossment, appropriation, exclusiveness, preoccupancy, impropriation

   Antonyms:
   participation, partnership, community, competition, free-trade

Princeton's WordNet

1. monopolynoun

   (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller

   "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like"

2. monopolynoun

   exclusive control or possession of something

   "They have no monopoly on intelligence"

3. Monopolynoun

   a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die

Matched Categories

1. • Board Game
   • Dominance
   • Economics
   • Market

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1. monopolynoun

   Synonyms:
   exclusive possession

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1. List of paraphrases for "monopoly":

   monopolies, monopolistic, monopolization, monopole, monopolist, demonopolization, monopolisation, anti-monopoly

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1. Farm Minister Radha Mohan Singh:

   Be it seeds or pharmaceutical companies we should see to it that there is no monopoly.

2. Jared Walczak:

   A friend dispensed some unsolicited dating advice the other night, telling me that if I'm on a first date, I probably shouldn't lead with a rant about how Russia has a monopoly on nuclear-powered icebreakers.

3. Elizabeth Warren:

   Once a monopoly begins to grow, it becomes a thing that goes on its own, amazon starts off as the dominant book delivery service. And then it starts morphing into other products and becomes the dominant delivery service. Now it's like a monster that has to be fed every minute.

4. Michael Oren:

   The last thing you want is for support of the Jewish state to become the monopoly of one party.

5. Margaret Hodge:

   Government must guard against quasi-monopoly suppliers becoming too important to fail, and encourage competition through, for example, splitting up contracts to encourage (smaller businesses) to bid for work.