Thesaurus

3 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

she spent quite a chunk of change on that car

Synonyms of change

bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, jack [slang], kale [slang], legal tender, lolly [British], long green [slang], loot, lucre, money, moola (or moolah) [slang], needful, pelf, scratch [slang], shekels (also sheqels), tender, wampum

Words Related to change

coinage, specie

dead presidents [slang], folding money, paper money, scrip

banknote, cashier's check, check, draft, money order, note, promissory note

bill, dollar, greenback

bankroll, capital, finances, funds, roll [slang], wad, wallet

chump change, dibs [slang], dime, mite, peanuts, pittance, shoestring

big bucks, bomb [British], boodle, bundle, earth, fortune, king's ransom, megabucks, mint, packet [chiefly British], pile, pot

abundance, means, opulence, riches, treasure, wealth

resources, wherewithal

mad money, petty cash, pin money, pocket money, spending money

change

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of change

1 to make different in some way

my wife has changed the look of our living room more times than we care to remember

Synonyms of change

alter, make over, modify, recast, redo, refashion, remake, remodel, revamp, revise, rework, vary

Words Related to change

deform, metamorphose, mutate

regenerate, revolutionize, transfigure, transform, transmute

commute, convert, exchange

rejigger, retool

Antonyms of change

fix, freeze, set, stabilize

2 to pass from one form, state, or level to another

the weather in New England is constantly changing

Synonyms of change

fluctuate, mutate, shift, snap, vary

Words Related to change

metamorphose, morph, transmute

better, improve

deteriorate, worsen

turn around

seesaw, teeter, vacillate, waver

Antonyms of change

plateau, stabilize

3 to give up (something) and take something else in return

would you mind changing your seat so my friends can sit together?

Synonyms of change

commute, exchange, shift, substitute, swap, switch, trade

Words Related to change

interchange

displace, replace, supersede

cede, hand over, surrender, yield

reciprocate

Synonym Discussion of change

change, alter, vary, modify mean to make or become different. change implies making either an essential difference often amounting to a loss of original identity or a substitution of one thing for another.