attaché case

noun

Definition of attaché casenext
as in traveling bag

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attaché case
  1. overnight bag
  2. briefcase
  3. wallet
  4. valise
  5. portmanteau
  6. duffel bag
  7. handbag
  8. kit bag
Noun
  • One of them invites Bonnie over for a sleepover, and Jessie sneaks into her overnight bag, not realizing that toys are verboten to the new generation.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026
  • Officers told the children to pack an overnight bag.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Definition of overnight bag
Noun
  • Each briefcase-size unit plugs right into an outlet and communicates with its Pila peers through a mesh network.
    — Richard Eisenberg, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Evans would have one last gasp but was way too far out to try to grab the briefcase.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of briefcase
Noun
  • In a recent report, the company detailed how an internal research model used a crypto wallet without permission to pay the fees needed to test an app on Ethereum’s Sepolia test network.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • This Mali + Lili Gail Crossbody Bag keeps everyday travel essentials—like your phone, wallet, and passport—securely by your side all day and easily accessible.
    — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of wallet
Noun
  • But in Vienna, Pollak kept a mistress, and Milena had to take a job porting valises at the train station just to make ends meet.
    — Christine Estima September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That a kindly bellhop from The Balmoral, our hotel adjacent to the station, loaded our valises off a trolley cart did little to rein in these trappings.
    — Ross Kenneth Urken, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024
Definition of valise
Noun
  • Of course, no portmanteau could possibly reflect those lofty ambitions.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Indianapolis’ prevailing portmanteau is back in circulation as downtown’s annual hip-hop festival returns.
    — Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of portmanteau
Noun
  • Jordan’s mother, after being killed by her boyfriend and stuffed in a duffel bag, had been funeralized at Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Campbell asked the store owner to hang onto the duffel bag and asked to borrow a hat, prosecutors said.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of duffel bag
Noun
  • Birkin asked her seatmate why the company didn’t yet make a handbag that was bigger than the Kelly, but smaller and lighter than the Hermès’s Haut à Courroies, which her ex Serge Gainsbourg had carried for years.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The report’s authors also said consumers need to reconsider the Black Friday handbag frenzy.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of handbag
Noun
  • Given this expanding electronic kit bag, various stakeholders—from government agencies to local police, under the pretext of public safety—perpetuate the systemized encroachment on citizens’ private worlds.
    — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Road closures have been seizing the country’s leafy capital, as vans disgorge military style kit bags and American personnel to match at top hotels.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of kit bag
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“Attaché case.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attach%C3%A9%20case. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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