Synonyms of pelf

pelf

noun

ˈpelf 

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

a politician who seems more interested in pelf than in policy

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pelf

Thomasine and Bushrod join up (as sheriffs relate) and share their pelf with Mexicans, Native Americans, other Black people, and poor white people. — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 May 2022

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