Synonyms for bank
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Money box
Definitions
- n. 1
A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
- n. 2
An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- n. 3
A branch office of such an institution.
- n. 4
An underwriter or controller of a card game.
Related words
- Word family
- bankrupt banker banking banksman banquette
- Phrases
- bank bill bank note bank up bank on piggy bank sperm bank spank bank heat bank
Forms
- Plural
- banks → lines, blocks, tiers, grids…
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Bank is a general term for the land along the edge of a water course; it may also denote a raised portion of the bed of a river, lake, or ocean; as, the Banks of Newfoundland.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- block The statue was carved from a block of cherry wood.
- panel Don't forget to clean the knobs and control panel.
- grid The sheet was punctured by a grid of hexagonal holes.
- shore Another ten minutes' walk brought us to the shore.
- banker The actress said that she was engaged to a banker.
- embankment Blossoms have come out on the embankment.
By length
- 3 letters
- bar1, rim1
- 4 letters
- line1, edge1, rank1, cant1, tier1, grid1, dyke1, brim1, dike1
- 5 letters
- block1, beach1, coast1, panel2, shore1, slope1, brink1, marge1, shoal, levee2
- 6 letters
- border2, margin2, banker2, strand1, camber2
- 7 letters
- shallow2
- 10 letters
- embankment3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (panel2 = 2 syllables).