Meanings
plural cash machines
- bankingSynonym of automated teller machine.
I need to find a cash machine. I paid the tab at lunch, and now I have no cash left.
Synonyms: automated teller machine
- figurativelyAny person or thing alleged to be an easy source of cash.
Near-synonym: money bag
2 more examples
They say he's her boyfriend, but I think he's mostly just her cash machine.
Shiny like a limousine / You're spending like a cash machine
2020, “Cash Machine”, in Ugly Is Beautiful, performed by Oliver TreeSynonyms: money bag
- figurativelybusinessA business perceived as reliably generating good cash flow and profit.
But its [Amazon's] dominance in its market helped it become a cash machine over time: $33bn in free cash flow in 2024, against $2bn 10 years before.
2026 June 13, Robert Armstrong, “AI is revolutionising the stock market”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5Synonyms: money bag
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of automated teller machine.
nounAny person or thing alleged to be an easy source of cash.
nounA business perceived as reliably generating good cash flow and profit.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
cash machine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cash%20machine
“cash machine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cash%20machine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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