Synonyms of pocket

pocket 1 of 3

noun

ˈpä-kət 

as in resources

available money

the fancy sports car I wanted to buy for myself was beyond my pocket

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resources
• finances
• fund
• cash
• coffers
• exchequer
• purse
• shirt
• financing
• bankroll
• wealth
• currency
• assets
• chips
• gold
• wherewithal
• roll
• fortune
• means
• dough
• capital
• legal tender
• treasury
• tender
• riches
• scratch
• bread
• cash flow
• substance
• pelf
• wampum
• deep pockets
• lucre
• opulence
• jack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liabilities
• debts
• indebtedness

pocket

2 of 3

adjective

1

as in small

of a size that is less than average

a pocket dictionary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• small
• little
• diminutive
• tiny
• fine
• pocket-size
• miniature
• slight
• pocket-sized
• spare
• dinky
• smallish
• mini
• miniaturized
• dwarf
• sparse
• puny
• undersize
• slender
• half-pint
• undersized
• dwarfish
• pygmy
• toylike
• subnormal
• Lilliputian
• poor
• lacking
• microscopic
• pint-size
• pint-sized
• bantam
• micro
• minuscule
• shrimpy
• toy
• stunted
• microscopical
• insufficient
• slim
• scarce
• meager
• wee
• inadequate
• bitty
• teeny
• minim
• scrubby
• pinpoint
• scant
• wanting
• meagre
• skimpy
• capsule
• scanty
• minute
• infinitesimal
• weeny
• little bitty
• teensy
• inappreciable
• stingy
• runtish
• minikin
• niggardly
• deficient
• weensy
• runty
• teeny-weeny
• teensy-weensy
• skimp
• bite-size
• bite-sized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• large
• substantial
• considerable
• big
• oversized
• sizeable
• sizable
• great
• grand
• oversize
• bulky
• whopping
• handsome
• massive
• tidy
• hefty
• huge
• outsized
• outsize
• enormous
• giant
• goodly
• voluminous
• vast
• husky
• gigantic
• tremendous
• jumbo
• immense
• galactic
• ample
• cavernous
• mammoth
• gross
• staggering
• generous
• mountainous
• colossal
• monumental
• humongous
• monstrous
• gargantuan
• prodigious
• boxcar
• heroic
• liberal
• abundant
• healthy
• monolithic
• appreciable
• titanic
• copious
• stupendous
• largish
• thick
• king-size
• wide
• fat
• bountiful
• biggish
• plentiful
• king-sized
• whacking
• cyclopean
• broad
• overscale
• Himalayan
• overscaled
• herculean
• sufficient
• infinite
• plenteous
• enough
• humungous
• adequate
• cosmic
• elephantine
• leviathan
• hulking
• boundless
• heroical
• pharaonic
• immeasurable
• incalculable
• Brobdingnagian
• Bunyanesque
• cosmical

2

as in financial

of or relating to money, banking, or investments

his pocket involvement in the company was minimal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• financial
• monetary
• fiscal
• economic
• capitalistic
• pecuniary
• capitalist
• commercial
• dollars-and-cents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonfinancial

pocket

3 of 3

verb

1

as in to stifle

to refrain from openly showing or uttering

pocketed my anger and just let the insult pass

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stifle
• swallow
• suppress
• choke (back)
• hold back
• control
• repress
• contain
• submerge
• manage
• sink
• smother
• strangle
• check
• curb
• govern
• bridle
• bottle up
• quash
• quell
• muffle
• squelch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• express
• release
• take out
• loose
• vent
• unleash

2

as in to steal

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep

she casually pocketed the note from his desk to read later

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steal
• swipe
• grab
• pinch
• lift
• hook
• snatch
• pilfer
• rob
• filch
• appropriate
• snitch
• nick
• rip off
• purloin
• thieve
• nip
• run off with
• sack
• walk off with
• misappropriate
• boost
• make off with
• make away with
• pick
• heist
• loot
• take
• rifle
• plunder
• hijack
• seize
• pillage
• knock over
• collar
• burglarize
• grasp
• rustle
• shoplift
• sponge
• spirit
• poach
• nail
• kidnap
• highjack
• abduct
• shanghai
• carjack
• mooch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buy
• purchase
• give
• present
• contribute
• donate
• hand over
• bestow

3

as in to stand

to put up with (something painful or difficult)

pocketed his wife's messy habits

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stand
• handle
• take
• accept
• tolerate
• endure
• stomach
• bear
• sustain
• wear
• swallow
• support
• lump (it)
• absorb
• stand for
• live with
• hack
• stick out
• brook
• meet
• sweat out
• go
• countenance
• tough it out
• abide
• bide
• permit
• suffer
• allow
• reconcile (to)
• submit (to)
• yield (to)
• agree (with or to)
• consent (to)
• assent (to)
• respect
• acquiesce
• capitulate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refuse
• fight
• dismiss
• decline
• reject
• escape
• avoid
• resist
• combat
• contest
• oppose
• turn down
• repudiate
• evade
• miss
• bypass
• spurn
• circumvent
• refrain (from)
• elude
• dodge
• abstain (from)
• forbear

Examples of pocket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Body camera footage shows what appears to be a weapon being removed from Allen's front pocket while he was being handcuffed. —Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2024

They can be hung in four different ways, including via the pole pocket, belt loop, clip rings, or drapery rings. —Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 10 Sep. 2024

Adjective

My favorite and most-used is the Patagonia Baggies Brimmer ($50), which looks like a safari hat and should probably be matched with one of those tan, multi-pocket vests. —Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 June 2021

The women’s ready-to-wear blends utilitarian and sporty aesthetics, with multi-pocket skirts, gym sets and transformable jackets all dripping in the new logo. —Isabel Lord, Forbes, 13 May 2021

Verb

Los Angeles pocketed $223 million ($670 million when adjusted for inflation) after hosting the 1984 Games because the city used existing facilities rather than building new sites, the New York Times reported. —Avery Lotz, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024

In a new lawsuit, Orange County alleges executives at a nonprofit took millions of tax dollars to feed the elderly and needy during the pandemic, then pocketed more than $10 million and bought homes for themselves. —Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024

Phrases Containing pocket

• deep pocket
• out of pocket