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sugar

sugar

145 9.4
A slang word for money
  • noun
  • /ˈʃʊɡər/
  • Slang
: 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
119 8.6

An informal word for money that people use

is the same idea but specifically a playful slang term
bread
vssugar
  • Slang
99 8.3

Informal name for money used to buy things

is similar but feels more like light slang
scratch
vssugar
  • Slang
17 9.2

An informal word for money

is equally informal but is more of a playful synonym
dinero
vssugar
  • Slang
13 9.0

An informal, playful word for money from Spanish

keeps informal sense but without foreign playfulness
moolah
vssugar
  • Slang
7 9.9

Money you use to buy things

is equally informal but used as a playful nickname
moola
vssugar
  • Slang
4 9.9

Money you can hold, like bills or coins

is the same informal idea expressed with a different playful form
clams
vssugar
  • Archaic
4 8.6

Small amounts of money

is informal but applies to money broadly rather than small sums
wampum
vssugar
  • Archaic
4 9.9

Informal word for money, often meaning cash

is modern informal slang without the historical sense
cabbage
vssugar
  • Archaic
4 9.9

Money in the form of cash or paper bills

is informal slang for funds in general, not just notes
gelt
vssugar
  • Slang
3 9.9

Money in cash that people use to buy things

is common slang without the older niche flavour
lettuce
vssugar
  • Slang
2 9.9

A slang word for money, often cash

is informal too but without the humorous vegetable image
shekels
vssugar
  • Slang
2 8.6

Money that people use to buy things

is equally informal but lacks cultural or historical tone
lolly
vssugar
  • Slang
2 9.9

An informal name for money someone has to spend

is similar but used more broadly, not only small sums
kale
vssugar
  • Slang
2 9.9

An informal word for money

is informal too but often feels more playful or quirky
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
simoleon
vssugar
  • Archaic
1 9.9

An informal word for money, especially dollars

is informal too but more general in casual use
wonga
vssugar
  • Slang
1 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
72 2.8

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

37 1.0

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

15 1.0

Fine sugar used for baking and sprinkling on desserts

14 7.4

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

13 2.0

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

12 1.0

An amount of sugar that fills one cup used for cooking

12 1.1

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

8 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

Small white sugar grains used for cooking and baking

5 1.0

A small container for serving sugar at the table

5 2.8

A plant with a large white root grown to make sugar

4 3.6

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

4 2.9

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

3 1.3

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

3 9.2

A person who is playful and dreamy in a magical way

3 1.8

A sweet liquid made by boiling sugar and water

milk sugar
  • Specialized
3 2.7

A sugar in milk that gives it a slightly sweet taste

sugar and spice
  • Informal
3 3.5

Very nice and friendly in a sweet, gentle way

3 1.0

A hard sweet made by boiling sugar and letting it cool

simple sugar
  • Specialized
2 3.7

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

2 2.7

A sweet solid you get by boiling juice from maple trees

2 2.5

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

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

2 1.6

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

1 1.6

Very finely powdered sugar used to make sweet toppings and decorations

1 2.9

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

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

A factory that turns raw sugar into clean white sugar

1 4.6

Thin threads made from boiled sugar to decorate cakes

caramelized sugar
  • Specialized
1 2.8

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

1 2.8

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

fruit sugar
  • Specialized
1 2.7

A natural sugar found in ripe fruit and honey

sugar loaf
  • Archaic
1 8.8

A large solid cone of white sugar sold in the past

invert sugar
  • Specialized
1 6.0

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

barley-sugar
  • Archaic
1 6.9

A hard clear candy often twisted into a stick

grape sugar
  • Specialized
1 3.0

A natural sweet found in grapes, honey and ripe fruit

1 2.5

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

sugar-plum
  • Archaic
1 8.4

A loving name for a child or someone you love

brain sugar
  • Specialized
1 8.0

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

sugar bomb
  • Informal
1 3.6

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

1 2.2

A small spoon used to serve sugar

loaf sugar
  • Archaic
1 9.3

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

sugar apple
  • Australian
1 7.0

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

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

malt sugar
  • Specialized
1 4.5

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

sugar palm
  • Philippine
1 6.0

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

1 3.4

A very fine sugar for baking and to sweeten drinks

1 9.9

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

sugar shell
  • Archaic
1 5.1

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

wood sugar
  • Specialized
1 7.4

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

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

1 3.4

A very fine sugar bakers use for baking and sprinkling

sugar of lead
  • Archaic
1 9.9

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

1 9.9

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

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

A thing that is very sweet and makes you feel happy

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.