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

By not collecting dues from nonmembers, a gap was created in many unions’ pocketbooks, requiring those representing California state workers to adapt. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2026

The monthly growth rate for total spending was the lowest since November 2025, an indication that shoppers are growing choosier as higher prices pinch pocketbooks. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 11 Nov. 2026

Disruptions to shipping in the waterway, where one-fifth of the world’s oil passed before the war, have led to higher energy prices that hit voters’ pocketbooks. — Konstantin Toropin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026

Of course, plenty of employees and early investors in the AI giants live outside San Francisco and likely voted according to their pocketbooks as Prop 40 sought a one-time 5% tax on billionaires. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

Potential buyers who want to be mindful with their pocketbooks will need new strategies in the meantime. — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 5 Nov. 2026

In the eyes of opponents, the facilities—and the powerful AI industry that backs them—have come to represent an attack on their safety, jobs, pocketbooks, and quality of life. — Naomi Nix, Time, 29 Oct. 2026

But the reality is people are going to vote their pocketbooks in this election. — NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026

Democrats have hammered on meat as well, but mainly just as one of the staples that cost more under Trump, squeezing voters' pocketbooks. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026