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jack

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of jack

1 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'd buy that watch, but I don't have the jack right now
Synonyms of jack

bread [slang], bucks, cabbage [slang], cash, change, chips, coin, currency, dough, gold, green, 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 jack

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
2 a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
  • a Portuguese ship flying the national jack
Synonyms of jack

banderole (or banderol), banner, colors, ensign, flag, guidon, pendant (also pendent) [chiefly British], pennant, pennon, standard, streamer
Words Related to jack

bunting, gonfalon

black flag, Jolly Roger, tricolor, union jack, white flag

burgee, semaphore, signaler (or signaller), waft

badge, coat of arms, crest, insignia
3 an adult male human being
  • hey, jack, can you spare some change?
Synonyms of jack

bastard, bloke [chiefly British], buck, cat, chap [chiefly British], chappie [British], dude, fella, fellow, galoot [slang], gent, gentleman, guy, hombre, joe, joker, lad, male, man
Words Related to jack

master, mister, sir

buddy, buster
4 one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
  • the streets of the old seaport were once full of jacks, harlots, and other dockside denizens
Synonyms of jack

gob, hearty, jack-tar, mariner, navigator, sailor, salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, shipman, swab, swabbie (also swabby) [slang], tar
Words Related to jack

coxswain, crewman, deckhand, shipmate

able-bodied seaman, able seaman, lubber

powerboater, sailboater

lime-juicer [slang], limey [slang]
5 the total of the bets at stake at one time
  • tension was mounting as the jack was getting bigger by the minute
Synonyms of jack

jackpot, pool, pot
Words Related to jack

fund, kitty

bet, stake, wager
6 a person whose job is to cut down trees
  • we'll need to hire more jacks to get this forest cleared before winter
Synonyms of jack

logger, lumberjack, lumberman
Words Related to jack

lumberer

sawyer

forester

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