The only synonyms I can think of are high and good, but they seem incorrect.
PS: I am trying to avoid "a lot of".
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1The difficulty is that non-count "money" takes only a limited number of determiners in affirmative contexts, such as "some". And "much" is normally restricted to non-affirmative contexts. But you could use one of the adjectives that have a quantificational interpretation, such as "considerable", or perhaps "plentiful". – BillJ Dec 10 '16 at 13:29
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I object to all the suggestions above. None of the words "high", "good", "considerable" or "plentiful" can serve as a replacement for "much" in the sentence; they will only make it worse. – Mr Lister Dec 10 '16 at 13:30
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In fact, the only thing I can think of is "a lot of". Sorry. – Mr Lister Dec 10 '16 at 13:31
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@Mr Lister The OP asked for a single word and they specifically said they were trying to avoid "a lot of". There is nothing wrong with "I have considerable money"; not common perhaps, but there are attested examples; here's one: link. – BillJ Dec 10 '16 at 13:46
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1@Lambie "Even though it's grammatically correct" is an iffy assertion at best. Much is a polarity-sensitive item and, as BillJ says, is usually restricted to non-affirmative contexts (I don't have much money but not *I have much money). Of course this would be incorrect if we said it's never used in affirmative contexts, but what we really need is a more nuanced description, not a simple claim that it is grammatically correct. – snailplane♦ Dec 10 '16 at 19:52
You can use "much", but not by itself. The following is grammatical:
I have so much money
If you really wanted a single word, you can use the idiomatic phrase "big money":
I have big money.
Or the dominantly British "good money":
I have good money.
You can also say:
I have lots of money
I have tons of money
I have boatloads of money
I have much money.
The sentence isn't ungrammatical, but it sounds unusual or too formal.
Much is mainly used in negative and interrogative sentences as follows:
I don't have much money.
Does he have much money?
As for another single word in place of much, you can say:
I have considerable money
I have money galore.
There may some more adjectives, but I think all of them are not as idiomatic and common as the phrases a lot of, a large/considerable amount of, plenty of, etc. as follows:
I have a lot of money
I have a large amount ot money.
I have a considerable amount of money.
I have plenty of money.
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Even more "common" is Harry Enfield's Loadsamoney. In which context, it's common as muck, with specific allusion to where there's muck there's brass (money). – FumbleFingers Reinstate Monica Dec 10 '16 at 14:32
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@Khan Yes, but the OP asked specifically for a one-word synonym for "much". The only possibilities are one or two of the adjectives that express a large amount like "abundant" and "considerable". But they have limited distribution and some people see them as being ungrammatical when used as modifiers of non-count noun like "money". Incidentally, there's nothing inferior about "a lot of"; in fact in many situations, it's the obvious logical choice. – BillJ Dec 10 '16 at 15:13
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There is nothing wrong with a lot of or lots of and those words are very commonly used in sentences like: I have [x] amount of money. One most certainly would want to use this. – Lambie Dec 10 '16 at 19:07
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