attaché

noun

Definition of attachénext
1
as in briefcase

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2
as in consul

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attaché
  1. briefcase
  2. consul
  3. valise
  4. diplomat
  5. wallet
  6. foreign minister
  7. portmanteau
  8. procurator
Noun
  • There were no witnesses who saw Gaston sign that will and Mittrick alleged that the document had been stolen from his briefcase.
    — Doha Madani, NBC news, 16 July 2026
  • The police eventually found a briefcase with $200,000 and brought Garrett in for questioning.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Definition of briefcase
Noun
  • The sultan learned about the American colonists’ war for independence indirectly, through the local French consul and European reports.
    — Scott Spires Britannica Editors June 23, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026
  • Pablo Neruda played a key role when he was appointed Chile’s special consul for Spanish immigration.
    — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 19 June 2026
Definition of consul
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
  • The remarks to foreign diplomats triggered an immediate reaction from Goldman Sachs, which replaced its call for an imminent 25-basis point hike with a decision to hold steady at next Thursday’s meeting.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 13 July 2026
  • Oman, which long has been an interlocutor between Tehran and the West, summoned an Iranian diplomat to criticize the attack.
    — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
Definition of diplomat
Noun
  • Elida still hadn’t found her son’s wallet or phone, her daughter’s Nintendo gaming systems or, somewhat surprisingly, their trailer.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • Eye-watering World Cup prices haven't stopped soccer fans from around the world from opening their wallets.
    — Meline Rosales Mike Winters, CNBC, 5 July 2026
Definition of wallet
Noun
  • The foreign minister of Qatar — a mediator in the conflict — had said ceasefire talks would continue after the multiday funeral last week for Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
    — NPR Staff, NPR, 14 July 2026
  • Hamad met in 2007 with Israel’s then-foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, at the United Nations General Assembly.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of foreign minister
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
  • Andrei Vyshinsky, procurator general in the 1930s, had overseen Stalin’s horrendous purges of millions of ordinary citizens – plus most of the members of the Communist Party Central Committee and top Soviet generals.
    — Peter Bridges, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The procurator of Roman Britain, Catus Decianus, ordered an extra two hundred men to Camulodunum and figured the problem was solved.
    — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 14 May 2021
Definition of procurator
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“Attaché.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attach%C3%A9. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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