bucket list

noun

: a list of things that one has not done before but wants to do before dying

Examples of bucket list in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Looking back, what stands out most isn’t simply checking shark cage diving off her bucket list. — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

The couple drove two hours from the Inland Empire to catch the bloom, which had been on Cruz’s bucket list. — Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

Here’s why a gap year, at any age, should be in your concrete plans instead of your bucket list. — Dj Didonna, Time, 13 July 2026

Now, his widow, all the money needed for peace and security and travel and bucket list fulfillment, but no one to enjoy it with. — R.j. Cunningham, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

from the phrase kick the bucket (to die)

First Known Use

2006, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bucket list

• blastocyst
• bolshevist
• coexist
• egoist
• hedonist
• jihadist
• nativist
• oculist
• reminisced
• trotskyist
• assist
• blacklist