Synonyms of bills

bills 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of bill

1

as in statements

a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due

why is the electric bill so high this month?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• statements
• accounts
• rates
• documents
• receipts
• checks
• invoices
• prices
• fees
• tabs
• costs
• expenses
• records
• charges
• scores
• ledgers
• reckonings
• tolls
• tallies

2

as in notes

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

the $5 bill has a picture of Abraham Lincoln on the front

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in posters

a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place

posted a bill advertising the new play

Synonyms & Similar Words

• posters
• billboards
• signs
• placards
• flyers
• advertisements
• ads
• handbills
• announcements
• handouts
• signboards
• show bills
• bulletins
• playbills
• dispatches
• broadsides
• releases

4

as in expenses

the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount

although they were all working adults, their parents still insisted on paying the bill whenever they went out to eat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expenses
• fees
• receipts
• checks
• costs
• accounts
• tabs
• records
• invoices
• statements
• figures
• damages
• scores
• charges
• reckonings
• tallies

5

as in laws

a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature

the legislative committee endorsed a bill that would strengthen consumer protections

Synonyms & Similar Words

• laws
• acts
• amendments
• ordinances
• statutes
• prohibitions
• constitutions
• legislations
• enactments
• regulations
• rulings
• decrees
• rules
• edicts
• ground rules
• commandments
• bylaws
• directives
• dictates
• common law
• restrictions
• fiats
• commands
• blue laws
• proscriptions
• canons
• capitularies
• encyclicals

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• higher laws

bills

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noun (2)

plural of bill

1

as in mouths

the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering

parrots have very strong bills so they can break open nuts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mouths
• mandibles
• beaks
• nibs
• muzzles
• nebs
• maws
• maxillae

2

as in brims

the projecting front part of a hat or cap

the hat was blue, but the bill was red

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brims
• peaks
• shades
• visors

bills

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bill

1

as in pets

Related Words

• pets
• necks
• spoons
• noses
• pats
• cuddles
• paws
• snuggles
• caresses
• nuzzles
• strokes
• canoodles
• fondles
• loves
• massages
• feels up
• dandles
• nestles
• babies
• gentles
• hugs
• cradles
• enfolds
• kneads
• bounces
• pampers
• embraces
• spoils
• mollycoddles
• indulges
• coddles

2

as in broadcasts

Related Words

• broadcasts
• announces
• advertises
• publishes
• declares
• proclaims
• calls
• blazes
• publicizes
• promulgates
• nails
• posts
• plasters
• placards
• tacks (up)

Dissimilar Words

• removes
• takes down

3

as in invoices

Related Words

• invoices
• prices
• discounts
• assesses
• values
• marks down
• marks up
• sells (for)
• brings
• fetches
• demands
• undercharges
• overcharges
• charges
• asks
• commands

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bills

Noun

These much larger centers have begun sprouting up across the nation and making headlines for sucking up communities’ water, spiking power bills and causing other environmental issues. — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 17 July 2026

Many of the California bills related to detention facilities introduced in this legislation cycle specifically name the involvement of private operators as part of the definition of a center in the state. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

The Knesset also recently passed several bills connected with Netanyahu’s attempts to overhaul the judiciary, including increasing government control over broadcast media and weakening the role of the attorney general. — ABC News, 17 July 2026

Residents around Greater Memphis told CNBC their water and electricity bills have gone up after SpaceXAI moved to town. — Lora Kolodny,jeniece Pettitt, CNBC, 16 July 2026

For families juggling grocery bills and hectic mornings, that math is the reason Dollar Tree’s protein aisle keeps showing up on shopper roundups and social feeds. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026

And various crypto market structure bills have attracted sponsors across parties and ideological spectrums. — Patrick McHenry, Fortune, 16 July 2026

And the dysfunction is already jeopardizing other pressing legislative business in the eleventh hour of the 119th Congress, including bipartisan priorities and crucial government funding bills relied on by many Americans. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 16 July 2026

California currently has some of the highest housing prices in the nation—despite enacting hundreds of bills in recent years that purported to solve the problem. — Kileen Lindgren, Oc Register, 16 July 2026