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Synonyms for pocket

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

bag purse filch pot

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Bag

bag, purse, swallow, put up with, pinch, take, steal, pass, swipe, snatch, nip, bear, endure, snitch, poke, tolerate, brook, suffer, filch

Other

trouser informal UK IE, pot, impocket rare, empocket dated rare

Noun

1. Pouch

pouch, sack

2. Air hole

air hole, air pocket

Other

back field, tackle box US, scoop, hollow, passing pocket US, bunch

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To put (something) into a pocket.

  2. n. 1

    A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.

  3. n. 2

    A person's financial resources.

    I paid for it out of my own pocket.

Related words

Word family
pocketable
Phrases
pocket money pocket gopher pocket change pocket flask in the pocket pocket billiards pocket dial pocket diaper

Forms

Plural
pockets → pouches, sacks, scoops, hollows…
Past participle
pocketed
e.g. pocketed → bagged, pursed, swallowed, pinched…

Example sentences

  • bag Should I put this bag in the overhead compartment?
  • purse I've looked everywhere, but I can't find my purse.
  • filch When I was a kid, I used to filch candy bars all the time.
  • pot All Ziri needs to do is to keep an eye on the pot.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pocketrising
bagrising
purserising
filchsteady
potrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
bag1, pot1, nip1
4 letters
take1, pass1, bear1, sack1, poke1
5 letters
bunch1, steal1, purse1, pinch1, brook1, scoop1, swipe1, pouch1, filch1
6 letters
suffer2, hollow2, endure2, snatch1, snitch1
7 letters
swallow2, trouser2
8 letters
tolerate3, impocket, empocket

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (suffer2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
empocher
Español
embolsar