Synonyms for income

Most common

pay · profit · revenue · salary · taking · interest · gains · crust

All synonyms

Noun

Antonyms

expense, expenses, expenditure

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.

Related words

Phrases

net income income tax return basic income gross national income income bracket income support retained income stated income loan

Forms

Plural

incomes → revenues, profits, salaries, pays…

Example sentences

• pay What price do we have to pay for these advantages?
• profit Net-profit comes to 10 million dollars every year.
• revenue How can Algeria increase its government's revenue?
• salary His low salary prevents him from buying the house.
• taking He studied hard, hardly taking time out for lunch.
• interest The public interest was directed at his judgement.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

pay¹

4 letters

take¹, gain¹

5 letters

gains¹, yield¹, crust¹

6 letters

taking², profit², salary³

7 letters

produce², revenue³

8 letters

interest², proceeds²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (taking² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

revenu

Deutsch

Einkommen

Català

renda