Synonyms of pocket

pocket 1 of 3

verb

1

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
• pilfer
• snatch
• 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
• loot
• heist
• rifle
• take
• plunder
• hijack
• seize
• pillage
• knock over
• collar
• burglarize
• grasp
• rustle
• shoplift
• sponge
• spirit
• poach
• nail
• kidnap
• abduct
• shanghai
• carjack
• mooch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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
• pecuniary
• capitalist
• commercial
• dollars-and-cents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonfinancial
• nonmonetary
• noneconomic

pocket

3 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
• purse
• exchequer
• currency
• wealth
• financing
• bankroll
• assets
• chips
• gold
• roll
• fortune
• wherewithal
• dough
• means
• capital
• legal tender
• tender
• treasury
• riches
• scratch
• bread
• substance
• pelf
• cash flow
• wampum
• deep pockets
• lucre
• opulence
• jack

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liabilities
• debts
• indebtedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pocket

Verb

But in reality, Pildes was pocketing much of the money between November 2019 and this past April, federal prosecutors said. —David K. Li, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026

Investors who reside in the issuing state get the additional benefit of pocketing that interest free of state and local taxes, too. —Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026

Adjective

The anti-pocket prejudice in women’s clothing runs deep. —Amanda Foreman, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2022

No multi-pocket backpacks or bags. —Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2022

Noun

In addition to a slip pocket on the back and a zippered pouch pocket at the front, this bag features three card holders inside, plus an additional pocket designed to hold your phone upright. —Michelle Baricevic, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026

Trump has floated cuts of this magnitude, eliciting widespread pushback from various pockets of the space community. —Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026

Phrases Containing pocket

• deep pocket
• out of pocket