Synonyms of banknotes

banknotes

noun

plural of banknote

as in bills

a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States

the new nation immediately printed up its own banknotes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bills
• notes
• cash
• dollars
• greenbacks
• currencies
• money
• chips
• bucks
• checks
• paper money
• ones
• hundreds
• twenties
• fivers
• tens
• fives
• tenners
• dough
• fifties
• C-notes
• fins
• twos
• scrips
• money orders
• dead presidents
• sawbucks
• simoleons
• legal tender
• drafts
• smackers
• lucre

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of banknotes

Toddler girl looking at and holding a small stack of banknotes while with her other hand holding a credit card. — Justina Lee,lisa Kim, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

The new banknotes would then undergo testing before entering circulation, while remaining interchangeable with the current series of euro notes. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 5 Aug. 2026

Could Leonardo da Vinci, alongside imagery of visitors strolling through art exhibitions, become the face of future euro banknotes? — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026

The customer who walks in with banknotes is the customer digital challengers have never been able to reach. — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

The British are busily removing Winston Churchill from their banknotes, replacing him with an engraving of a hedgehog. — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026

The prohibition against living people appearing on currency dates to 1866, when Congress took action after a Treasury official, Spencer Clark, printed his face on banknotes. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 30 June 2026

At a news conference toward the end of Blatter’s reign, a prankster showered him with banknotes. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Wall space is dedicated to everything condor, from National Geographic magazine covers to Argentinian banknotes to bird skulls mounted in shadowboxes. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026