POCKET Synonyms
There are 21 hypernyms of the word pocket. (close relations)
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pouch | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things • an enclosed space • (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican) verb • put into a small bag • send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels • swell or protrude outwards | ||||||||
bag | nounn | |||||||
noun • a flexible container with a single opening • the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person) • a place that the runner must touch before scoring • a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) • the quantity that a bag will hold • a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes • an ugly or ill-tempered woman • mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) • an activity that you like or at which you are superior verb • capture or kill, as in hunting • hang loosely, like an empty bag • bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge • take unlawfully • put into a bag | ||||||||
sack | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases • an enclosed space • the quantity contained in a sack • any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry) • a woman's full loose hiplength jacket • a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily • a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist • the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter • the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) verb • plunder (a town) after capture • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position • make as a net profit • put in a sack | ||||||||
billfold | nounn | |||||||
noun • a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | ||||||||
clutch | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • the act of grasping • a tense critical situation • a number of birds hatched at the same time • a collection of things or persons to be handled together • a woman's strapless purse that is carried in the hand • a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism • a coupling that connects or disconnects driving and driven parts of a driving mechanism verb • take hold of; grab • hold firmly, usually with one's hands • affect | ||||||||
container | nounn | |||||||
noun • any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) | ||||||||
fob | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch • an adornment that hangs from a watch chain • short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest verb • deceive somebody | ||||||||
holder | nounn | |||||||
noun • a holding device • a person who holds something • the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it | ||||||||
pocketbook | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • your personal financial means • a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money • pocket-sized paperback book • a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | ||||||||
purse | nounn | |||||||
noun • a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) • a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse • a small bag for carrying money • a sum of money offered as a prize verb • contract one's lips into a rounded shape • gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker | ||||||||
receptacle | nounn | |||||||
noun • a container that is used to put or keep things in • enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts • an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a source of power and equipped to receive an insert | ||||||||
wallet | nounn | |||||||
noun • a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | ||||||||
pocket-size | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • relatively moderate, limited, or small • small enough to be carried in a garment pocket | ||||||||
pocket-sized | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • relatively moderate, limited, or small • small enough to be carried in a garment pocket | ||||||||
sac | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay • an enclosed space • a case or sheath especially a pollen sac or moss capsule • a structure resembling a bag in an animal | ||||||||
scoop | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the quantity a scoop will hold • a hollow concave shape made by removing something • a news report that is reported first by one news organization • street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate • the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe • a large ladle verb • take out or up with or as if with a scoop • get the better of | ||||||||
trouser | nounn | |||||||
noun • a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers | ||||||||
air hole | nounn | |||||||
noun • a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly • a hole that allows the passage of air | ||||||||
air pocket | nounn | |||||||
noun • a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly |