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

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

The Yorkshire Grand Tour, priced at $7,860 per person, should be on your bucket list. — Iain MacAuley, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026

The park’s robust lodging ranges from basic campsites to posh private cabins, and its annual Buffalo Roundup and Arts Festival is bucket list-worthy. — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026

The flora and fauna that make the Galápagos a bucket list destination spill into coastal Peru, where creatures like green turtles and blue footed boobies are sighted regularly. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 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