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

Get Portugal on your golf travel bucket list, with Terras da Comporta your first stop. — Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

That is why each episode is less about checking something off a bucket list and more about helping someone reconnect with a piece of themselves that never truly disappeared. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

Italy is one destination on my dream vacation bucket list, and this dress feels like one that would fit in perfectly along the Amalfi Coast. — Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2026

When Ray Christian added Burning Man to his bucket list, his family and friends didn't believe him, especially since his wife, Tiffany Christian, had already vetoed his other plans like Spain's Running of the Bulls. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 24 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