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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pocketbook

Noun

What impact this strategy might have on struggling Marylanders’ pocketbooks, however, remains to be seen. —Dilnaz Hasim, Baltimore Sun, 5 Apr. 2025

The potential for South Korea to be plunged into yet another constitutional crisis is deeply unsettling for a nation longing for a return to stability and the addressing of pocketbook issues. —Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 June 2025

Those attacks have profound implications not only for Americans’ health, but on pocketbook issues and the U.S. economy generally. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025

These lawsuit-abuse reforms put money back into the pocketbooks of everyday Floridians. —Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 May 2025