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

To live your best Martha Girl Fall, add these to-dos to your autumnal bucket list. — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 16 Sep. 2026

Windstar offers Cruise Tours in Greece combining the best of the land and the sea to check off those bucket list experiences. — Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Sep. 2026

Cross a classic Washington experience off your bucket list with Forage Seattle, a local guide company that hosts mushroom foraging and seafood gathering tours. — Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2026

And then watching Sinclair and Carmine getting their diploma at some really nice school would be a good bucket list. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 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