Synonyms of moola

moola

noun

ˈmü-(ˌ)lä 

variants or moolah

slang

as in money

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

we dropped some serious moola on that home theater system

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of moola

OpenAI continues to barrel toward a potential IPO at the end of this year, eyeing ways to bring in more moola. — Reece Rogers, Wired News, 1 May 2026

Boys Go to Jupiter is surreal; the contrast between the eccentric visuals and the way everything still comes back to having enough moolah gives the movie its juice. — James Grebey, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2025

And even the great man had to battle at times for a dollar before departing to take Ferrari's moola. — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 20 June 2025

The offer-by-offer media coverage helped Soto transcend the sport, attracting fans mesmerized by entertainers and the intrigue surrounding their staggering big moolah deals. — Bob Raissman, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024

Bennett explains that if anyone quits the game, their share of the moolah exits with them. — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2024

The Emeril Lagasse Foundation Innovation Kitchen (the celebrity chef/restaurateur’s foundation donated a pot-full of moola). — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2023

Not entirely surprising, as online vintage shopping is a haven for people who have worked in editorial but don’t quite have the moola to spend on the products featured in their magazines. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2021

Behind the film lie the Panama Papers—the millions of files, leaked in 2016, that demonstrated how the wealthy stash their moola offshore and thereby avoid the plebeian vulgarity of tax. — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2019