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. Air Force Secretary Deborah James:

   The question is, would (Delta 4) be cost effective. If it's not, then I fear that we would inadvertently be trading one monopoly situation for another, and I don't think that's the intent of anyone in Congress.

2. Georgy Satarov:

   The thing you have to pay attention to is not the fact that 80 percent support him, but that despite that information monopoly 15 percent don't support him.

3. C. P. Scott:

   The newspaper is of necessity something of a monopoly, and its first duty is to shun the temptations of monopoly. Its primary office is the gathering of news. At the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not tainted. Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of truth suffer wrong. Comment is free but facts are sacred.

4. Ed Calderon:

   They are the ones with the complete monopoly over all the guns in Mexico, nobody wants to surrender that monopoly.

5. Steve Berman:

   After 11 years of monopoly conduct and profits, we think its high time that a court examine Apples practices on behalf of iOS app developers and take action as warranted by the law and facts.