Thesaurus:money
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Sense: means of exchange
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- ackers (Britain, slang)
- bees and honey (Cockney rhyming slang)
- blunt (UK, archaic)
- brass (slang)
- bread (US, slang)
- bread and honey (UK, slang)
- cake [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- cheddar (US, slang)
- cheese [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- ching (slang)
- clams (obsolete)
- coin (slang)
- cream
- currency
- dinero [⇒ thesaurus] (slang)
- dosh (slang)
- dough (slang)
- feds (slang)
- fedi (US, archaic)
- finances
- flizz (slang, African American Vernacular, London Multicultural English)
- flow (slang)
- funding
- funds
- gravy
- gwop (slang, African American Vernacular, London Multicultural English)
- gwolla (slang, African American Vernacular, London Multicultural English)
- jack (slang, Australia, US)
- legal tender (US slang)
- lolly (Britain, slang)
- lovely jubbly (Britain, slang)
- mazuma (US, slang)
- means
- money
- moola (slang)
- mozzarella (US, slang)
- muck (obsolete)
- oof (dated, Britain, slang)
- ooftish (archaic, Britain, slang)
- paper (slang)
- rhino (archaic, slang)
- scratch (US, slang)
- scrilla (US, slang)
- shrapnel (slang)
- simoleons (slang)
- smackers (slang)
- smackeroos (slang)
- smackeroonies (slang)
- spend (slang)
- spondulicks (Britain, slang)
- swag (slang)
- wampum (US, slang)
- wonga (Britain, NZ, slang)
- yenom (Britain, back slang)
Hyponyms
[edit]- bankroll
- beer tickets (slang)
- benjamins (US)
- bucks (US, slang)
- cabbage (obsolete)
- cash
- coinage
- dead presidents (US)
- dinars (slang)
- ducats (slang)
- folding money
- folding stuff (euphemism)
- geld (slang)
- gelt (slang)
- green [⇒ thesaurus] (US, slang)
- greenbacks (slang)
- green stuff (slang)
- lettuce (US, slang)
- long green (slang)
- Oscar Asche (rhyming slang)
- paper (slang)
- paper money
- readies (Britain, slang)
- sheets (slang)
- sterling
- wad (slang)
- —
- pennies (slang)
- small change [⇒ thesaurus]
- stack (slang)
- Dishonestly gained
- booty [⇒ thesaurus]
- dirty money
- filthy lucre (derogatory, often humorous in modern use)
- loot
- lucre
- pelf (dated)
Hypernyms
[edit]Meronyms
[edit]Generic instances of money
Currencies and terms specific to distinct currencies
- bag (slang)
- band (slang)
- buck
- c note (US, archaic)
- cent
- dinar
- dollar
- euro
- farthing
- flatch (UK, back slang)
- franc
- grand
- greenback (slang)
- ha'penny
- iron man (obsolete, US, slang)
- jack
- lira
- nickel
- pence
- penny
- peso
- poisha
- pound sterling
- pound
- quid (colloquial)
- rack (slang)
- renminbi
- rock
- ruble
- rupee
- sawbuck (US, slang)
- shilling
- simolean (US, slang)
- sterling
- taka
- tuppence
- thruppence
- yen
- yuan
Various
[edit]Container for money
- wallet
- billfold
- purse
- pocketbook (US)
- bank
- vault
- safe [⇒ thesaurus]
- safe deposit box
- money box
- treasury
Related concepts
See also
[edit]- Thesaurus:wealth
- Thesaurus:wealthy
- Thesaurus:property
- Category:Currency
- Thesaurus:dinheiro (Portuguese)
Further reading
[edit]- “800. money” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “money” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
Category:Circulating currencies on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
