Synonyms of bread

bread

noun

ˈbred 

1

as in money

slang 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

I'll buy that tomorrow, when I get some bread

Synonyms & Similar Words

• money
• cash
• coin
• dough
• currency
• chips
• bucks
• gold
• funds
• cabbage
• coinage
• shekels
• green
• kale
• loot
• change
• wampum
• pelf
• tender
• scratch
• legal tender
• dollar
• long green
• lucre
• needful
• lolly
• moola
• jack
• wallet
• resources
• scrip
• specie
• paper money
• money order
• bill
• roll
• capital
• promissory note
• peanuts
• folding money
• banknote
• finances
• draft
• pittance
• mint
• pot
• dime
• abundance
• means
• wealth
• riches
• treasure
• greenback
• pile
• shoestring
• earth
• wad
• bomb
• mite
• bundle
• dead presidents
• check
• chump change
• note
• packet
• spending money
• big bucks
• pin money
• fortune
• opulence
• bankroll
• pocket money
• dibs
• megabucks
• boodle
• petty cash
• mad money
• cashier's check
• wherewithal
• king's ransom

2

as in food

substances intended to be eaten

supplied his charges with bread and a place to stay

Synonyms & Similar Words

• food
• provisions
• meat
• eats
• meal
• fare
• table
• foodstuffs
• victuals
• supplies
• chow
• dish
• grub
• refreshments
• eatables
• chuck
• viands
• edibles
• provender
• feed
• plate
• tucker
• comestibles
• diet
• vittles
• sustenance
• rations
• nourishment
• commissary
• nutriment
• pap
• silage
• fodder
• forage
• board
• repast
• serving
• feast
• platter
• ensilage
• nurture
• aliment
• mess
• natural food
• swill
• slop
• spread
• finger food
• regale

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poison
• toxin
• venom
• bane

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bread

All manner of breads and breadsticks and snacky deliciousness. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

Amid statues and posters of the Virgen de Guadalupe was a rosary that a man had made of hardened bread during his months in an immigration detention facility. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Heritage cookbook re-issues or major cookware launches, from Dutch ovens to pasta makers to bread proofers, marketed with explicit grandmother or nonna framing. — Ashley Lynch, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Grandmacore cooking is the name younger people have given to picking up baking, bread-making and the from-scratch kitchen skills that many grandmothers have practiced for a lifetime. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing bread

• break bread

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