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Synonyms for lolly

  • noun

Most common

sugar dough lucre gelt bon-bon confection

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Sugar — money

sugar, money, bread, gelt, lucre, dough, moolah, loot, cabbage, scratch, lettuce, wampum, dinero, kale, bootle, pelf, simoleons slang

2. Candy — any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy

candy US, confection, sweet UK NZ IE, bon-bon

3. Lollipop

lollipop, popsicle, ice lolly UK IE

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a sweet, a piece of candy.

  2. n. 2

    Money.

  3. n. 3

    A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.

Related words

Phrases
ice lolly cough lolly lolly ice eucalyptus lolly throat lolly

Forms

Plural
lollies → sugars, moneys, breads, gelts…

Example sentences

  • sugar In 1984, Coke started using HFCS instead of sugar.
  • dough Tom's been kneading the dough for fifteen minutes.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
lollyrising
sugarsteady
doughrising
lucresteady
geltsteady

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

By length

4 letters
loot1, kale1, gelt, pelf
5 letters
money2, sweet1, sugar2, bread1, candy2, dough1, lucre
6 letters
moolah, dinero, bootle, wampum2
7 letters
scratch1, lettuce2, cabbage2
8 letters
lollipop3, popsicle3
9 letters
simoleons
10 letters
confection3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (money2 = 2 syllables).