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
  • Backstage, a chaotic confrontation over a briefcase between Judgment Day, Danhausen, and Joe Hendry led to Oba Femi's dominant victory over JD McDonagh.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Hitler escaped the full force of the blast when someone moved the briefcase next to a table leg, deflecting much of the explosive force.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of briefcase
Noun
  • The Miner Incentive Is Different If Bitcoin payments grow, the most obvious beneficiaries are wallets, processors, and exchanges.
    — Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • For five years running, Americans have had to live with wallet-fleecing, budget-busting, paycheck-eating inflation – including a painful stretch where the pace of price hikes hit a 40-year high.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 25 July 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
  • Soon my entire feed was pugs and poodles and beagles and portmanteau blends with absurd names like golden doodle and cavapoo.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 June 2026
  • Long before the portmanteau of edutainment was a thing, AG was producing stories and dolls which illustrated its definition.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 13 May 2026
Definition of portmanteau
Noun
  • Officers were told that a man was holding a firearm and carrying a duffel bag.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
  • Rice was standing in front of a new duffel bag that featured logos for the Yankees and the 2026 All-Star Game.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of duffel bag
Noun
  • Tilda Swinton embraced the utilitarian feel, styling a striped Mandarin-collar shirt with pale blue trousers, slip-on shoes, and a structured handbag.
    — Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 27 July 2026
  • In the dining room, vintage Doyle Lane ceramic beads dangle from a Mission-style wooden clock while designer handbags are draped over chairs and hat racks.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of handbag
Noun
  • 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
  • All of the pieces stow conveniently in a first aid kit bag when playtime is over.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 10 July 2025
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 28 Jul. 2026.

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