Synonyms of pocketbook

pocketbook 1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈpä-kət-ˌbu̇k 

as in purse

a container for carrying money and small personal items

she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purse
• wallet
• bag
• handbag
• billfold
• vanity
• pouch
• clutch
• minaudière
• compact
• clutch bag
• sack
• shoulder bag
• poke

pocket book

2 of 2

noun (2)

as in trade book

Related Words

• trade book
• trade edition
• pocket edition
• paperback
• hardcover
• hardback
• paperbound
• softcover
• tome
• paper
• folio
• manual
• book
• handbook
• guidebook
• quarto
• catalog
• picture book
• volume
• text
• softback
• how-to
• dictionary
• encyclopedia
• textbook
• treatise
• monograph
• cyclopedia
• primer
• pulp
• album
• novel
• anthology
• novelette
• tract
• chapbook
• almanac
• casebook
• omnibus

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pocketbook

Noun

American consumers aren’t facing the gas and food shortages or power outages other countries are seeing from the war, but they will be hit in the pocketbook. —Aya S. Chacar, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026

Royals fans may want to prepare their pocketbooks for merchandise from the team’s star first baseman. —Pj Green april 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026

Now, a host of other unexpected shortages and price spikes are starting to pop up, which stand to affect people's lives and pocketbooks. —Npr Staff, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026

Hitting home American consumers aren’t facing the gas and food shortages or power outages other countries are seeing from the war, but they will be hit in the pocketbook. —Aya S. Chacar, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026