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dough

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of dough

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 didn't have to spend a lot of dough for a new phone.
Synonyms of dough

bread [slang], bucks, cash, change, chips, coin, currency, gold, green, jack [slang], legal tender, lucre, money, pelf, tender, wampum
Words Related to dough

coinage, specie

paper money, scrip

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

bill, dollar, greenback

bankroll, capital, finances, funds, wad, wallet

mite, peanuts, pittance, shoestring

bundle, fortune, king's ransom, mint, pile, pot

opulence, riches, treasure, wealth

resources, wherewithal

petty cash, pin money, pocket money, spending money

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