POCKETED Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

pocketed

verb

past tense of pocket

as in stifled

to refrain from openly showing or uttering pocketed my anger and just let the insult pass

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as in stole

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep she casually pocketed the note from his desk to read later

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as in handled

to put up with (something painful or difficult) pocketed his wife's messy habits

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Recent Examples of pocketed The actress alleged that her mother had taken control of her finances and lied about how much she was being paid for a film and pocketed the difference. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Paxton allegedly found a Montblanc pen, which cost in the ballpark of $1,000, and pocketed it. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Aug. 2026 Workday — Shares were last down more than 3% as traders pocketed gains. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 Investors borrowed cheaply in yen, bought higher-yielding assets elsewhere and pocketed the spread. — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The purse has not been announced for this year, but last year teams that won just one match in mixed doubles but lost in the second round made $100,000, meaning the individual players pocketed $50,000 each after just a few hours on the court. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026 Mills pocketed as much as £750,000 in the 12 months to the end of March 2026. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 July 2026 Oligarchs pocketed the petrodollars of the late-aughts oil boom and left the nation somehow poorer and more indebted. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 Doyle allegedly pocketed most of the proceeds while feeding Matthiesen a string of false explanations about why payment had never arrived. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026

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Youri Tielemans and Santos, United’s new midfield partnership, were hooked on 67 minutes, showing the extent to which Hull had stifled them.

— Liam Tharme, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Washington also seemed to open up the playbook, with downfield passing concepts that confused Miami defensive backs and pressure packages that stifled the Dolphins offensive line.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of stifled

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The authors note that such items are extremely rare and hence very costly; such transactions would not usually be handled via public social media posts.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Aug. 2026
Sky forward-center Azura Stevens opened the team’s press availability, saying that security handled a fan incident and that the team was going to focus on the game.

— Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of handled

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Videos of the disaster showed people running before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges.

— Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
In Tibet, the roaring mudslide that struck Wednesday engulfed a multistory port building and swallowed a bus parking lot at the land border crossing of Gyirong Port.

— Niranjan Shrestha, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of swallowed

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The agreement had been offered last year and accepted by the official who oversees the Pentagon's Guantanamo war court, only to be revoked last August by then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin amid criticism of the deal from Republican lawmakers.

— Steve Gorman, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
The sighting still needs to be accepted by the California Bird Records Committee, which reviews and confirms rare bird sightings.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of accepted

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That combination, just like QIH, suppressed neuronal firing and stripped out a comparable share of synapses, but the mice came out of it with impaired fear memory.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026
The unknowns attached to Brooks have understandably kept his ADP suppressed.

— Brad Evans, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of suppressed

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Some of the model buildings stood 5 feet tall, and many were designed to break away to mimic the effects of a blast.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Uptown Charlotte’s public safety, and perception versus reality, stood at the forefront of Charlotte Center City Partners board meeting Thursday morning.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026