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

Cage fan Michael Barnett, 55, from Glasgow, Scotland, said attending the chord change was a bucket list item. — Stefanie Dazio, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Two Americana institutions have finally crossed one item off their collective bucket list. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026

Book Accommodations Early Now that Portugal’s on everyone’s bucket list, options for the best rates disappear during high season. — Sheree M. Mitchell, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026

Which is precisely why our bucket list now has a repeat entry. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 2 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