Synonyms of pocketbooks

pocketbooks 1 of 2

noun (1)

plural of pocketbook

as in purses

a container for carrying money and small personal items

she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purses
• wallets
• bags
• handbags
• billfolds
• vanities
• pouches
• clutches
• minaudières
• clutch bags
• compacts
• sacks
• shoulder bags
• pokes

pocket books

2 of 2

noun (2)

plural of pocket book

as in trade books

Related Words

• trade books
• trade editions
• pocket editions
• softbacks
• books
• paperbacks
• paperbounds
• hardbacks
• hardcovers
• papers
• folios
• cyclopedias
• tomes
• softcovers
• manuals
• quartos
• picture books
• handbooks
• guidebooks
• catalogs
• volumes
• dictionaries
• texts
• textbooks
• encyclopedias
• monographs
• treatises
• primers
• how-tos
• novels
• albums
• novelettes
• pulps
• anthologies
• tracts
• chapbooks
• almanacs
• casebooks
• omnibuses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pocketbooks

Noun

New data now confirms what many residents of the Sunshine State have already been feeling in their pocketbooks. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 20 July 2026

After a wave of price hikes from some of the world's largest companies, including Amazon, Apple and Netflix, even at-home pastimes like streaming movies or playing video games are pinching the pocketbooks of consumers like Green. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 11 July 2026

The real impact, Grubbs said, will be to the pocketbooks of shark diving businesses along the coasts and the surrounding communities. — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026

To encourage investment in America’s grids, policymakers need to look beyond the pocketbooks of the residential customers who already subsidize commercial and industrial customers in most regions. — Ed Hirs, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Rising gas prices from the war in Iran have sapped potential investment money from American pocketbooks. — Aly J Yale, CBS News, 11 June 2026

Besides hitting consumers’ pocketbooks, those higher costs can make businesses reluctant to hire. — Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026

These losses can hit consumer pocketbooks too. — Jennie L. Durant, The Conversation, 26 May 2026

Congress’s refusal to continue pandemic-era subsidies for ACA beneficiaries is taking a big bite out of consumers’ pocketbooks. — Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 19 May 2026