dollar

1. 1.

   the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents

   Broadermonetary unit

   NarrowerAustralian dollarBahamian dollarBarbados dollarBelize dollarBermuda dollarBrunei dollarCanadian dollarCayman Islands dollarDominican dollarFiji dollar

   Partscent
2. 2.

   a piece of paper money worth one dollar

   Synonymsdollar billone dollar billbuckclam

   Broaderbill

   United States

3. 3.

   a United States coin worth one dollar

   “the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States”

   Broadercoin

   NarrowerSusan B Anthony dollarsilver dollar
4. 4.

   a symbol of commercialism or greed

   “he worships the almighty dollar”

   “the dollar sign means little to him”

   Synonymsdollar markdollar sign

   Broadersymbol

Other forms of dollar

plural

dollars·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dollar

What does dollar mean?

dollar means "the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dollar?

dollar has 2 syllables: dol-lar. The stress falls on "dol". In IPA it is /ˈdɑlɚ/.

What is another word for dollar?

Close synonyms include dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam, dollar mark. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dollar a common word?

dollar is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dollar?

1 word rhymes with dollar. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.