as in money
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
seeking a job that pays plenty of coin
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
1
as in to design
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of coin
Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
The cheap-and-cheerful Miata is a great place to park a little bit of coin to cash in on a lot of fun.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025
Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Many people equate koala parenting with attachment parenting, which was coined by William Sears, MD, in the 1980s, says Stephanie Edenburgh, CEO of Bizzie Mommy.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coin
Noun
Read More | Metal detectorist finds huge coin hoard — at least 1,500 years old — in Romania
In Letca Nouă, Romania, a metal detectorist discovered a hoard of 1,469 ancient Roman silver coins, dating back to the Roman Imperial Period.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
The cheap-and-cheerful Miata is a great place to park a little bit of coin to cash in on a lot of fun.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
Its name was coined by Johndric Valdez, a Filipino teenager who aspires to be an astronomer.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Many people equate koala parenting with attachment parenting, which was coined by William Sears, MD, in the 1980s, says Stephanie Edenburgh, CEO of Bizzie Mommy.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for coin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coin
Noun
-
Youngkin in 2021 raised $2.2 million in contributions, but the millionaire investor bolstered his war chest with $5.5million of his own money, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
-
By juggling school and a job at a lice clinic, one young woman found a way to finance her education Comments Cailin Hawn has worked at a lice clinic for five years in an attempt to make and save money for school.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
For The 1st Time — At Lower Prices The second part of good espresso extraction, the pressure, is also intelligently designed.—
Anthony Karcz,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
-
That might seem like a minor caveat, but designing alternative cuisines that closely resemble their source dishes will be necessary if society wants to transition towards a more sustainable food industry.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
Ready or Not was a notable cash cow for Searchlight, made for $6M and minting over $57M at the global box office.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2025
-
The meat is darker, full of flavour and makes a wonderful lunchtime centrepiece - perfectly accompanied by seasonal greens and buttery minted potatoes.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
If no one wins the jackpot, the cash prize will continue to tick up.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
-
One afternoon, Coogler stopped by a Bank of America to make a sizable cash withdrawal from his account to cover some family expenses.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
The eggs can survive for months or even a year and hatch after one to three days of being submerged in water.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2025
-
Movies steeped in fantasy and existing or newly hatched folklore can whip up anything and everything, usually digitally, which often erases half of the potential visual magic.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
The image appears to have been doctored, recruited into Trump’s own semiotic sleight of hand—reducing a person to a body part and then stamping that body part with a sign of evil.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
-
If the mask is stamped with a GB number ending in 2006, it was made based on the previous standard and is still fine to use so long as the expiration date hasn't passed.—
Lisa Wood Shapiro,
Wired News,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
-
The Bears traded away a massive amount of draft currency, sending the 49ers a four-pack of picks — Nos. 3, 67 and 111 in that year’s draft plus a 2018 third-rounder — to slide up one peg to No. 2 on the draft board to draft Mitch Trubisky, a quarterback at North Carolina.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
-
Their faces have appeared on currency, Streets bear their names, children learn about them in school.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
As expected, the news made its rounds on social media and drummed up flashbacks of when the first ordeal went down nearly eight years ago.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
17 Apr. 2025
-
The single could give Wallen his second No. 1 hit from this era right before the complete project arrives, which will only heighten expectations and drum up more excitement for the set.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Coin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coin. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share