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| Main Entry: | resources |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money, possessions, natural resources |
| Synonyms: | assets, backing, bankroll, basics, belongings, budget, capital, collateral, effects, funds, holdings, income, kitty*, means, nest egg*, nut*, property, revenue, riches, savings, sock*, stuff, supplies, ways and means*, wealth, wherewithal*, ace in hole, material goods, reserves, the goods |
| Antonyms: | debt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resource |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial |
| Synonyms: | ability, appliance, artifice, assets, capability, capital, cleverness, contraption, contrivance, course, creation, device, expedient, fortune, hoard, ingenuity, initiative, makeshift, means, measure, method, mode, nest egg*, property, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, riches, shift, source, step, stock, stockpile, store, stratagem, substance, substitute, support, surrogate, system, talent, way, wealth, worth, inventiveness, quick-wittedness, resourcefulness |
| Antonyms: | product |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | advantage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | benefit, favored position or circumstance |
| Synonyms: | aid, ascendancy, asset, assistance, authority, avail, blessing, boon, break, choice, comfort, convenience, dominance, edge, eminence, favor, gain, good, gratification, help, hold, improvement, influence, interest, lead, leeway, leverage, luck, mastery, odds, position, power, precedence, preference, prestige, prevalence, profit, protection, recognition, resources, return, sanction, starting, superiority, support, supremacy, upper hand*, utility, wealth, expediency, leg-up, pre-eminence |
| Notes: | advantage is a relatively favorable position; superiority of means while vantage is a position, condition, or opportunity that is likely to provide superiority or an advantage |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage, drawback, handicap, hindrance, loss, obstacle, restriction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | backlog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uncompleted work; accumulation |
| Synonyms: | excess, hoard, inventory, quantity, reservoir, resources, stock, stockpile, store, supply, reserve(s) |
| Main Entry: | budget |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | financial plan |
| Synonyms: | account, aggregate, allocation, allowance, bulk, cost, finances, funds, means, quantity, quantum, resources, statement, total, estimated expenses, fiscal estimate, planned disbursement, spending plan |
| Main Entry: | cash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money; assets |
| Synonyms: | bread*, buck*, cabbage*, chicken feed*, coin, coinage, currency, dough*, funds, investment, legal tender, lot, note, payment, pledge, principal, refund, remuneration, reserve, resources, riches, savings, scratch*, security, stock, supply, treasure, wherewithal, banknote, bullion, dinero, green stuff, mazumah, ready assets, skins, wampum* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circumstances |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of affairs in one's life |
| Synonyms: | assets, capital, class, command, degree, footing, income, lifestyle, lot, means, net worth, outlook, position, precedence, prestige, property, prosperity, rank, rating, resources, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, substance, chances, dowry, financial status, prospects, times, way of life, worldly goods |
| Main Entry: | finances |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or corporation's money, property |
| Synonyms: | assets, balance sheet, budget, capital, cash, condition, funds, net, net worth, resources, revenue, wealth, wherewithal, worth, affairs |
| Main Entry: | funds |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cash reserve |
| Synonyms: | affluence, assets, backing, bankroll, belongings, bread*, budget, capital, collateral, currency, dough*, earnings, finance, hard cash*, kitty*, lucre, means, money, nest egg*, nut*, petty cash, pork barrel*, proceeds, property, resources, revenue, savings, scratch*, store*, stuff*, substance, treasure, wealth, wherewithal*, accounts receivable, fluid assets, money in the bank, money on hand, possessions, profits, ready money, securities, specie, stakes, winnings |
| Antonyms: | debt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | livelihood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
| Synonyms: | art, bread and butter, business, circumstances, craft, employment, game*, grind*, income, job, keep*, living, maintenance, means, profession, racket*, rat race*, resources, slot, subsistence, support, sustenance, thing*, trade, vocation, work, alimentation, nine-to-five, source of income, what one is into |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lucre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money, profits |
| Synonyms: | capital, cash, earnings, funds, gain, gate*, gravy*, income, proceeds, receipts, resources, revenue, riches, take*, wealth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maintenance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perpetuation, support; sustenance |
| Synonyms: | alimony, allowance, bacon*, bread, bread and butter, care, conservation, continuance, continuation, food, keep, keeping, livelihood, living, nurture, preservation, provision, resources, salt*, subsistence, supply, upkeep, wherewithal, aliment, alimentation, carrying, prolongation, repairs, retainment, sustaining, sustainment, sustention |
| Antonyms: | desertion, ignorance, neglect, forsaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | money |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | currency accepted as exchange for goods, services |
| Synonyms: | bankroll, bill, bread*, capital, cash, check, chips, coin, coinage, dough*, finances, fund, funds, gold, gravy*, greenback*, hard cash*, legal tender, loot*, medium of exchange, pay, payment, property, resources, riches, roll, salary, silver, treasure, wad*, wage, wealth, wherewithal*, almighty dollar, banknote, bucks, pesos, specie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nest egg |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saved money |
| Synonyms: | backup, cache, funds, investment, mad money*, means, provisions, reserve, resources, savings, savings account, stockpile, emergency funds, life savings, money in the bank, piggy bank, rainy day fund, reserve fund, reserves, sinking fund, something for a rainy day, something to fall back on, stash, stash, unexpended balance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | revenue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | income, profit |
| Synonyms: | bottom line*, cash flow, credit, dividend, earnings, emolument, fund, gain, gate*, get*, gravy*, handle*, interest, means, net, pay, payoff, perquisite, proceeds, receipt, resources, return, reward, salary, split*, stock, strength, take*, wages, wealth, yield, acquirement, annuity, fruits, takings |
| Antonyms: | debt, payment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | riches |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money and possessions |
| Synonyms: | abundance, affluence, assets, fortune, gold, means, opulence, plenty, property, resources, richness, substance, treasure, wealth, worth, clover, lap of luxury |
| Antonyms: | debt |
| Main Entry: | savings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provision for future |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, cache, fund, funds, harvest, hoard, investment, kitty*, means, nest egg*, property, provision, provisions, reserve, resources, riches, sock, stake, stockpile, store, ace in hole, gleanings, mattress full, money in the bank, rainy day fund, reserves |
| Antonyms: | loss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subsistence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provisions for survival |
| Synonyms: | affluence, bread*, bread and butter, capital, circumstances, competence, earnings, existence, food, fortune, gratuity, income, independence, keep, legacy, livelihood, living, maintenance, means, money, nurture, pension, property, provision, ration, resources, riches, salary, salt*, substance, support, sustenance, upkeep, victuals, wages, wealth, wherewithal, aliment, alimentation, necessities |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | net worth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total amount of money saved |
| Synonyms: | assets, cash flow, means, resources, wherewithal, worth, available means, pecuniary resources, total assets |
| Main Entry: | raw material |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | natural resources |
| Synonyms: | resources, staple, stock, basic material, grist, organic matter, primal matter, unprocessed material |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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