COFFER Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

coffer 1 of 2

noun

ˈkȯ-fər

Definition of coffer

as in vault

a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe kept the jewels in a locked coffer

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as in pocket

coffers plural available money let me see what's in the household coffers and I'll get back to you about making a donation

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coffer

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verb

as in to deposit

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Recent Examples of coffer

Noun

Because that smuggled bypasses official export channels, proceeds from the sales go directly into the pockets of the war’s belligerents, rather than into government coffers. — Mat Nashed, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026 Once the taxpayer money lands in the coffers of Donalds’ businesses, how it’s used and how much executives are paid is not publicly reported. — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Verb

One candidate raised nothing, but reported spending more than $185,000 in the first quarter — after putting $300,000 of his own money into his campaign coffers. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026 State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond struggled to fundraise, bringing in around $62,000 to his campaign coffers. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coffer

Recent Examples of Synonyms for coffer

Noun

For instance, London vaults held about 9,850 metric tons of gold at the end of October, including commercial and central bank storage.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026
Ciarán himself has spent an itinerant four years since Brockhampton’s dissolution in 2022 crafting Róisín, a solo debut that looks back through today’s bedroom-pop bricolage into the roomy vaults of D’Angelo and Prince.

— H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of vault

Noun

Veterans Day is Wednesday, and some people honor service members who have died with nothing more than change from their pocket.

— Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Prosecutors said Abeyta then pulled our a 9 mm handgun from his pocket and shot Atkins once in the chest.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of pocket

Verb

Unlike the federal seed, which arrives only after a parent claims the account, the Dell money was deposited without any claim.

— Ashok Paudel, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026
Storms deposited 267 to 3,190 particles per square meter per day at the remote sites, and on average three times as much, 2,560 to 7,480, at the Mammoth site.

— Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of deposit

Noun

The strongbox, which is painted with flowers and birds, has a false keyhole on the front; the real keyhole is hidden underneath a bolt on its lid.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Excusing those two flickers of broken hegemony, the WSL’s highest echelon has been an unassailable strongbox, a figment of the rest of the table’s imagination.

— Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026

Definition of strongbox

Noun

Neither Prinz nor her firm contributed to campaign funds controlled by Welch, state campaign finance records show.

— Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
The fund is locally controlled by Orlando journalists and administered by the nonprofit Florida Press Foundation.

— Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of fund

Verb

In 2020, Connecticut met an emission reduction goal set by the state’s 2008 Global Warming Solutions Act.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 13 Nov. 2026
Humor-laced, mellow, its tone is set by a measured piano score and Marchori’s sense of breathing larger sense to a film by camerawork not dialog, as in the film’s moving final scenes.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Nov. 2026