PURSES Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word purses. (close relations)
purse
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 |