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Synonyms for monetary

  • adjective

Most common

financial pecuniary nummular

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Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Of, pertaining to, or consisting of money.

    Although of little monetary value, Rosie treasured her late grandfather's old hunting gear.

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Phrases
monetary unit

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Monetary relates to actual money, coin, currency; as, the monetary system; a monetary transaction is one in which money is transferred.

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

Example sentences

  • financial The country is confronted with a financial crisis.
  • pecuniary I'm suffering from pecuniary embarrassment.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
monetarysteady
financialsteady
pecuniaryfalling
nummularsteady

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

By length

8 letters
nummular
9 letters
financial3, pecuniary5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (financial3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
monétaire
Deutsch
monetär