suitcase

suit·case

noun \ˈsüt-ˌkās\

Definition of SUITCASE

: portable case designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles

Examples of SUITCASE

1. She packed her suitcases the night before she left.
2. <it'll be much easier to carry a backpack than to lug that suitcase all over the place>

First Known Use of SUITCASE

1897

Related to SUITCASE

Synonyms: carryall, carry-on, grip, handbag, holdall [chiefly British], portmanteau, traveling bag, wallet

Related Words: overnight bag (also overnight case), weekend bag (also weekend case), weekender; cosmetic case, traveling case; carpetbag, duffel bag, kit, kit bag; backpack, haversack, knapsack, packsack, rucksack; attaché, attaché case, briefcase, valise; baggage, bags, luggage

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Rhymes with SUITCASE

abase, airspace, Alsace, ambsace, apace, backspace, best-case, biface, birthplace, blackface, boldface, bookcase, bootlace, braincase, briefcase, clubface, crankcase, cyclase, debase, deface, disgrace, displace, dogface, doughface, efface, embrace, emplace, encase, enchase, enlace, erase, euclase, firebase, fireplace, footpace, footrace, foreface, freebase, gyrase, half-space, hard case, headspace, hydrase, Jerez, kinase, lactase, lightface, lipase, lyase, maltase, manes, millrace, milreis, misplace, mutase, notecase, null-space, nutcase, outface, outpace, outrace, paleface, postface, Quilmes, replace, scapegrace, shoelace, showcase, showplace, slipcase, smearcase, someplace, staircase, subbase, subspace, tailrace, tenace, typeface, ukase, unbrace, unlace, watchcase, wheelbase, whey-face, whiteface, workplace, worst-case