Word Type

Noun

The word "shareholder" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

annual general meeting building company factory financial trouble investment group large company public companies publicly held company

Coordinate Terms

stakeholder

Derived Terms

bagholder nonshareholder shareholder rights plan shareholder value shareholdership total shareholder return

Derived From

share

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

investor

Type Of (IsA)

investor legal agent social being

Related Terms

corporation share stock

Synonym Network

shareowner stockholder

Used For

buying shares in company directing company electing officials financing get rich giving company money to operate holding stock hoping market doesn't crash investing in company looking at bottom line losing money making decisions in company making money making profits paying money to buy money providing working capital representing people in company selling stock in company short or long term investing support company taking part ownership of corporation voting by proxy

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.