Synonyms for toll
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A fee paid for some liberty or privilege, particularly for the privilege of passing over a bridge or on a highway, or for that of vending goods in a fair, market, etc.
- n. 2
Loss or damage incurred through a disaster.
The war has taken its toll on the people.
Related words
- Word family
- tollgate tollgatherer tollhouse tollkeeper tolltaker toller
- Phrases
- toll barrier toll road toll booth toll shop
Forms
- Plural
- tolls → costs, rates, prices, bells…
Example sentences
- knell Apparently "the iPhone sounds the death knell for the Internet."
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| toll | steady | |
| knell | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- tax1
- 4 letters
- cost1, rate1, ring1, duty2, bell1
- 5 letters
- price1, chime1, knell1
- 6 letters
- demand2, custom2, impost
- 7 letters
- tribute2
- 8 letters
- exaction3
- 10 letters
- assessment3
- 12 letters
- contribution4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (duty2 = 2 syllables).