Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
money (noun)1.
something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment as
a) officially coined or stamped metal currency
b) - money of account
c) - paper money
2.
a) wealth reckoned in terms of money
b) an amount of money
c) sums of money - funds
3.
a form or denomination of coin or paper money
4.
a) the first, second, and third place winners (as in a horse or dog race) - usually used in the phrases in the money or out of the money
b) prize money - his horse took third money
5.
a) persons or interests possessing or controlling great wealth
b) a position of wealth - born into money
involving or reliable in a crucial situation - a money player a money pitch
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
money (noun)1.
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
SYNONIMS:
bread, bucks, cabbage, cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack, kale, legal tender, lolly, long green, loot, lucre, moola ( moolah), needful, pelf, scratch, shekels ( sheqels shekelim shekalim sheqalim), tender, wampumRELATED WORDS:
coinage, specie; dead presidents [], folding money, paper money, scrip; banknote, cashier's check, check, draft, money order, note, promissory note; bill, dollar, greenback; bankroll, capital, finances, funds, roll [], wad, wallet; chump change, dibs [], dime, mite, peanuts, pittance, shoestring; big bucks, bomb [], boodle, bundle, earth, fortune, king's ransom, megabucks, mint, packet [], pile, pot; abundance, means, opulence, riches, treasure, wealth; resources, wherewithal; mad money, petty cash, pin money, pocket money, spending money2.
a wealthy person
SYNONIMS:
Croesus, deep pocket, fat cat, have, money, moneybags, plutocrat, silk stockingRELATED WORDS:
moneymaker, money-spinner []; magnate, nabob, tycoon; billionaire, gazillionaire, millionaire, multibillionaire, multimillionaire, multimillionairess, zillionaire; heir, heiress, jet-setter, jeunesse doréeNEAR ANTONYMS:
bankrupt, beggar