nest egg

noun

1

: a natural or artificial egg left in a nest especially to induce a hen to continue to lay there

2

: a fund of money accumulated as a reserve

Synonyms of nest egg

• deposit
• fund
• budget

Examples of nest egg in a Sentence

They built up a nest egg for their son's college education.

paid for the computer out of his nest egg

Recent Examples on the Web

Fidelity Investments has helpful benchmarks to assess retirement nest egg adequacy at various life stages. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Webster broke even for the past two years without help from its nest egg. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026

By the Labor Department’s own math, 1% in additional fees can shrink a nest egg at retirement by 28%. — Teddy Amenabar, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026

Robbie’s kids at least have Robbie’s niece, Maeve (Emilia Jones,) and a nest egg, but there’s a strong argument that no one actually won here. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for nest egg

• blackleg
• bootleg
• foreleg
• mpeg
• nutmeg
• prepreg
• beg
• clegg
• keg
• leg
• legg
• meg

Kids Definition

nest egg

noun

: a fund of money set aside as a reserve