Synonyms for money
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Cash
cash, moolah, currency, gold, lucre, silver, coinage, specie, tender, mintage, coin slang, dinero slang, wampum slang US, legal tender slang US, loot slang, swag slang, dough slang, bread slang UK US, rhino slang dated, scratch slang US, sterling dated, jack slang US AU
Definitions
- n. 1
Wealth.
- n. 2
A generally accepted means of exchange.
I cannot take money that I did not work for.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- moneys → cashes, moolahs, currencies, golds…
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Money is the authorized medium of exchange; coined money is called coin or specie. The notes of responsible men are readily transferable in commercial circles, but they are not money; as, the stock was sold for $500 in money and the balance in merchantable paper.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- gold They awarded him a gold medal for his achievement.
- cash Tom was carrying a lot of cash when he got mugged.
- currency The authorities managed to stabilize the currency.
- funds He was arrested for misappropriating public funds.
- finances The nation's finances are exhausted due to the war.
By length
- 4 letters
- gold1, cash1, jack1, fund1, till1, coin1, loot1, swag
- 5 letters
- means1, funds1, bread1, dough1, rhino2, lucre, yenom
- 6 letters
- change1, silver2, assets2, wealth1, tender2, moolah, specie, dinero, bootle, wampum2, ackers
- 7 letters
- capital3, finance2, scratch1, coinage2, mintage2
- 8 letters
- property3, currency3, treasure2, sterling2, finances3
- 11 letters
- wherewithal3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rhino2 = 2 syllables).