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sugar

sugar

182 9.4
A slang word for money
  • noun
  • /ˈʃʊɡər/
  • Slang
translation icon : plata (informal)
  • Hi, sugar.
  • a sugar daddy

Examples

Synonyms

cash
vssugar
1.0

Money in the form of coins and bills

is the informal slang term rather than the neutral word
dough
vssugar
  • Slang
149 8.6

An informal word for money that people use

is the same idea but specifically a playful slang term
bread
vssugar
  • Slang
104 8.3

Informal name for money used to buy things

is similar but feels more like light slang
scratch
vssugar
  • Slang
37 9.2

An informal word for money

is equally informal but is more of a playful synonym
cabbage
vssugar
  • Archaic
7 9.9

Money in the form of cash or paper bills

is informal slang for funds in general, not just notes
moolah
vssugar
  • Slang
7 9.9

Money you use to buy things

is equally informal but used as a playful nickname
lettuce
vssugar
  • Slang
6 9.9

A slang word for money, often cash

is informal too but without the humorous vegetable image
dinero
vssugar
  • Slang
5 9.0

An informal, playful word for money from Spanish

keeps informal sense but without foreign playfulness
moola
vssugar
  • Slang
5 9.9

Money you can hold, like bills or coins

is the same informal idea expressed with a different playful form
wampum
vssugar
  • Archaic
3 9.9

Informal word for money, often meaning cash

is modern informal slang without the historical sense
gelt
vssugar
  • Slang
3 9.9

Money in cash that people use to buy things

is common slang without the older niche flavour
simoleon
vssugar
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An informal word for money, especially dollars

is informal too but more general in casual use
lolly
vssugar
  • Slang
1 9.9

An informal name for money someone has to spend

is similar but used more broadly, not only small sums
kale
vssugar
  • Slang
1 9.9

An informal word for money

is informal too but often feels more playful or quirky
clams
vssugar
  • Archaic
1 8.6

Small amounts of money

is informal but applies to money broadly rather than small sums
boodle
vssugar
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A large amount of cash kept for spending

is informal slang but usually for general, not especially large, sums
shekels
vssugar
  • Slang
8.6

Money that people use to buy things

is equally informal but lacks cultural or historical tone
wonga
vssugar
  • Slang
9.9

Informal British word for money, especially cash

is informal too but more neutral across varieties of English

Idioms

made of sugar
  • Informal
1 7.5

Can handle criticism and hard situations without complaining

sure as sugar
  • Informal
1 8.8

Certain to happen without any doubt

Compounds

blood sugar
  • Specialized
70 2.8

The amount of sugar in the blood that shows how healthy you are

33 1.0

Sugar that keeps some brown syrup, making it brown and a little sticky

16 7.4

An older rich man who gives money and gifts to a younger person for romantic or sexual attention

13 1.0

Fine sugar used for baking and sprinkling on desserts

12 2.0

A tall tropical plant with thick sweet stalks used to make sugar

9 1.0

An amount of sugar that fills one cup used for cooking

9 1.1

A flat sweet cookie made from simple dough often decorated with icing or sugar

Small white sugar grains used for cooking and baking

6 1.4

Water mixed with sugar makes a sweet drink or food for animals and plants

White sugar made from sugar cane or beet and used to sweeten food and drinks

4 3.6

A North American tree with hard wood and a sweet liquid used to make syrup and sugar

3 1.0

A small container for serving sugar at the table

3 2.8

A plant with a large white root grown to make sugar

3 2.5

Has sugar on the outside to make it sweet and not sticky

1 1.3

Sweetener made from the tall plant sugarcane used to sweeten food and drinks

A sweet pea with a crisp round pod that you can eat whole, raw or cooked

1 2.9

A sweet ingredient made from beet roots to sweeten food and drink

1 2.7

A sweet solid you get by boiling juice from maple trees

sugar and spice
  • Informal
1 3.5

Very nice and friendly in a sweet, gentle way

1 1.8

A sweet liquid made by boiling sugar and water

sugar-plum
  • Archaic
1 8.4

A loving name for a child or someone you love

1 1.6

Very finely powdered sugar used to make sweet toppings and decorations

A very small amount of sugar you can hold between your thumb and finger

1 1.0

A hard sweet made by boiling sugar and letting it cool

A factory that turns raw sugar into clean white sugar

simple sugar
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A small sweet part of food the body uses for quick energy, like glucose or fructose

caramelized sugar
  • Specialized
1 2.8

You heat sugar until it melts and turns brown to add color and sweet taste

1 2.9

A sugar made from corn starch used to sweeten food and drinks

milk sugar
  • Specialized
1 2.7

A sugar in milk that gives it a slightly sweet taste

1 2.8

Large hard sugar crystals that people use to sweeten drinks and decorate food

sugar bomb
  • Informal
1 3.6

A food or drink that has a lot of sugar and tastes very sweet

1 9.2

A person who is playful and dreamy in a magical way

1 4.6

Thin threads made from boiled sugar to decorate cakes

brain sugar
  • Specialized
8.0

A simple sugar found in milk and body tissues that helps the brain grow

3.4

A very fine sugar for baking and to sweeten drinks

3.4

A very fine sugar bakers use for baking and sprinkling

A coarse light brown sugar with large crunchy crystals used on drinks and cakes

barley-sugar
  • Archaic
6.9

A hard clear candy often twisted into a stick

fruit sugar
  • Specialized
2.7

A natural sugar found in ripe fruit and honey

loaf sugar
  • Archaic
9.3

A large hard block of sugar often shaped like a cone that people break into pieces at home

1.6

Sugar shaped into small cubes that you put in drinks to make them sweet

malt sugar
  • Specialized
4.5

A white sweet crystal that forms when grain starch breaks during malting

grape sugar
  • Specialized
3.0

A natural sweet found in grapes, honey and ripe fruit

invert sugar
  • Specialized
6.0

A sweet syrup made by breaking down table sugar into two simple sugars found in honey and fruits

sugar apple
  • Australian
7.0

A sweet tropical fruit with thick bumpy skin and soft white flesh around black seeds

2.5

A type of corn with sweet young ears eaten as a vegetable

2.6

A small green vegetable with flat pods you eat whole while young

sugar pimp
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who uses money or gifts to control and profit from people they date

sugar shell
  • Archaic
5.1

A small spoon with a bowl like a shell used to serve sugar

A thing that is very sweet and makes you feel happy

sugar loaf
  • Archaic
8.8

A large solid cone of white sugar sold in the past

sugar of lead
  • Archaic
9.9

A poisonous white chemical used long ago to dye fabrics and make glazes

sugar palm
  • Philippine
6.0

A large tropical palm tree whose sweet sap makes sugar and wine and whose trunk gives sago

A tall plant grown for its sweet juice used to make syrup

9.9

An evergreen shrub with reddish yellow flower spikes and sticky, hairy fruits

A small spoon used to serve sugar

9.9

A small evergreen bush with reddish yellow flower spikes and hairy fruits

wood sugar
  • Specialized
7.4

A sweetener made from wood or straw often used instead of sugar by people with diabetes

Surface Forms

sugar singular
sugars plural

Etymology

Sugar is used as slang for money because it suggests something 'sweet' and desirable, a useful memory like the slang 'bread' for cash. So when someone says they need 'sugar' in informal speech, they mean they need money.