🇬🇧 Oligarch meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

An oligarch is a person who is super rich and powerful, and is part of a very small group of people who make most of the important decisions for a country or a big industry. They aren’t elected by everyone like a president or a mayor. Instead, they gain power because they have a lot of money, important friends, and control over things like companies, land, or resources. When a few oligarchs have too much power, regular people might not get much say in what happens in their own country or community.

The cat acted like an oligarch, owning three couches, four beds, and every sunbeam in the house.

In our house, the schedule oligarchs are the adults who decide when fun ends and chores begin.

In our living room, the remote-control oligarch decides what everyone watches—usually cartoons.

The math club oligarchs chose the official snack: triangle-shaped chips, obviously.

The ice cream oligarchs in my family make the terrifying decision of which flavor everyone eats.

An oligarch sat at the corner table, coat heavy with gold. Another oligarch lit a cigar; a third oligarch laughed and tapped a glass. A fourth oligarch dozed. A boy dropped his cup and the coin rolled to the oligarch. The oligarch bent, the boy snatched the coin and ran. The crowd cheered as the oligarchs stared.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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