Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

The word "penny" can be used as noun, proper noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

bank change coin purse cologne germany ground loafer piggy bank pocket purse rug wallet

Dbpedia Product

discount store

Derived Terms

God's penny Kissi penny Penny Black Peter's penny Rome-penny a bad penny always comes back a bad penny always turns up a penny saved is a penny earned a penny saved is a penny gained a pound to a penny bad penny bright as a new penny catchpenny clean as a new penny dead man's penny death penny eight penny nail eight-penny nail eighteenpenny eightpenny eightpenny nail elevenpenny fair penny fifteenpenny fine penny fivepenny fortypenny four penny nail four-penny nail fourpenny fourpenny nail fourteenpenny get-penny hearth-penny in for a penny, in for a pound jam penny lickpenny luck penny megapenny ninepenny pence penniless penny ante penny arcade penny auction penny bank penny bun penny candy penny chew penny dog penny dreadful penny fall penny farthing penny for one's thoughts penny for them penny for your thoughts penny gaff penny gaffe penny grass penny in the fusebox penny loafer penny mail penny packet penny pincher penny post penny pusher penny sleeve penny slot penny starver penny sterling penny stock penny sweet penny tray penny university penny wedding penny weed penny whip penny whistle penny wisdom penny wise and pound foolish penny-a-line penny-a-liner penny-ante penny-dreadfulish penny-dreadfulism penny-farthing penny-father penny-gaff penny-grass penny-in-the-slot machine penny-pig penny-pinch penny-pincher penny-pinching penny-wedding penny-wise penny-wise and pound-foolish pennycress pennyland pennyweight pennywhistle pennywise pennywort pennyworth pickpenny pinchpenny pitchpenny pretty penny push-penny red penny scrape-penny sevenpenny six penny nail six-penny nail sixpenny sixpenny nail sixteen penny nail sixteen-penny nail sixteenpenny spear penny spear-penny spend a penny swarf-penny ten a penny ten penny nail ten-penny nail tenpenny tenpenny nail the bad penny always comes back the bad penny always turns up the penny drops third penny thirteenpenny thirtypenny threepenny tin penny toffee penny true-penny turn an honest penny twalpenny twelve penny nail twelve-penny nail twelvepenny twentypenny two a penny two ha'pennies for a penny twopenny watch the pennies water penny wheat penny widow's penny worth every penny

Distinct From

nickel quarter

Inflected/Variant Forms

penelope

Context

electronics historical slang

Has Property

nice to have singing in choir

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

coin fractional monetary unit subunit

Instance Of

subsidiary

Type Of (IsA)

coin company copper denomination of currency fictional character fractional monetary unit piece of change worth one cent

Not Has Property

worth very much

Part Of

big bang theory british pound currency system irish pound

Receives Action

found at bank found in purse found in street found on street made out of copper

Related Terms

cent d pence § Descendants

Related Terms

ante brass britain cent circuit breaker coin coinage copper copper coin currency d decimalisation dime diminutive dollar doorframe euro fuse given name lincoln money money coin nail old old currency one cent p penelope penny drops pound sterling small small coinage small denomination smallest smallest coin trip

Synonym Network

cent new penny old penny

Used For

build coin collection buy thoughts buying gumball buying gumballs cheap hookers collecting currency exchange flicking at people flip coin flipping to make choice giving change good luck heads or tails luck making change making electricity copper electrode making exact change pay for very inexpensive paying paying for very small things saving saving for rainy day spending tossing coin

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.