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PURSES Synonyms

There are 13 synonyms of the word purses. (exact relations)
There are 10 hypernyms of the word purses. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for PURSES

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clutches
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of grasping

billfolds
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money

handbags
nounn
noun

• a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

pouches
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

satchels
nounn
noun

• luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and (usually) a shoulder strap

wallets
nounn
noun

• a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money

handbag
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

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)

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

bursary
nounn
noun

• the treasury of a public institution or religious order

grant
verb, nounv, n
noun

• Scottish painter; cousin of Lytton Strachey and member of the Bloomsbury Group (1885-1978)

• any monetary aid

• the act of providing a subsidy

• United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)

• 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)

• (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

• a contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business

• a right or privilege that has been granted

verb

• let have

• give as judged due or on the basis of merit

• be willing to concede

• allow to have

• bestow, especially officially

• give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

• transfer by deed

pucker
verbv
noun

• an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)

verb

• to gather something into small wrinkles or folds

• draw together into folds or puckers

• become wrinkled or drawn together

wrinkle
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• a minor difficulty

• a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)

verb

• gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

• make wrinkled or creased

• become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

Best Hypernyms For PURSES

Here is a list of related hypernyms for purses, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (6)
amount sum bag container contract round
Phrases (4)
amount of moneysum of moneyround offround out

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