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Synonyms for bullion

Most common

gold silver bull's-eye

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Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.

Forms

Plural
bullions → golds, silvers, bull's-eyes…

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Bullion, Gold, Silver or Money?

Bullion is either gold or silver uncoined, or the coined metal considered without reference to its coinage, but simply as merchandise, when its value as bullion may be very different from its value as money.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • gold They awarded him a gold medal for his achievement.
  • silver Do you know the difference between silver and tin?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bullionfalling
goldsteady
silversteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
gold1
6 letters
silver2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (silver2 = 2 syllables).