Synonyms of currency

currency

noun

ˈkər-ən(t)-sē 

as in cash

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 prefer to carry only paper currency, as coins are too heavy

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of currency

In addition, brokers and financial intermediaries routed payments to offshore counterparties to allow Chinese citizens to use domestic currency to purchase property abroad or to trade overseas investment for foreign visas and passports. — Alvin Camba, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2026

Eleanor’s view The administration’s critics might enjoy dunking on Vance for questioning the dollar’s reserve-currency status, which plays a big role in America’s economic success. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Inflation is near 80% and the rial currency is at record lows to the dollar, forcing many Iranians to buy even essentials on credit. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Foreign investors in Cuba are barred from hiring Cubans directly and must go through agencies like Acorec, which collect the hard-currency wage and pay the worker a fraction of it in pesos. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026