Synonyms for penny
ˈpɛn ipen·ny

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1. pennynoun

   A diminutive of the female given name Penelope.

   Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.

   Synonyms:
   old penny, new penny

2. pennynoun

   In the US and Canada, a one-cent coin, worth 1/100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: .

   Synonyms:
   cent

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pennynoun

   a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

   Synonyms:
   cent, centime

2. penny, cent, centimenoun

   a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

   Synonyms:
   cent, centime

Matched Categories

1. • Coin
   • Fractional Monetary Unit

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. pennynoun

   Synonyms:
   cent, groat, stiver, denarius

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.7 / 3 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "penny":

   dime, pence, cent, sou, benny, beni

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1. List of known nicknames for "Penny":

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1. Steve Jobs:

   I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.

2. Evan Leedy:

   This money that is being given to him -- he earned every penny of it.

3. John Belfiore:

   I'm budgeting penny to penny, the $ 500 gives me gas money to get to interviews and keep the lights on.

4. Ralph Gonsalves:

   It’s going to be costly, but I don’t want us to penny pinch...this is going to be a long haul.

5. Timothy Kaldas:

   Twenty billion dollars is the equivalent of every penny Egypt has borrowed from the IMF since 2016, and it disappeared in weeks (last year).