Synonyms for purse
pɜrspurse

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1. pursenoun

   Synonyms:
   pucker

2. pursenoun

   To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

   Synonyms:
   coin purse, pocketbook, change purse, handbag, pucker

3. pursenoun

   A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.

   Synonyms:
   grant, bursary

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 3 votes

1. bag, handbag, pocketbook, pursenoun

   a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

   "she reached into her bag and found a comb"

   Synonyms:
   travelling bag, old bag, bag, dish, cup of tea, udder, wallet, pocket edition, base, pocketbook, billfold, notecase, bagful, pocket book, grip, traveling bag, handbag, suitcase

2. pursenoun

   a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse

   "he made the contribution out of his own purse"; "he and his wife shared a common purse"

   Synonyms:
   bag, pocketbook, handbag

3. pursenoun

   a small bag for carrying money

   Synonyms:
   bag, pocketbook, handbag

4. purseverb

   a sum of money offered as a prize

   "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"

   Synonyms:
   bag, pocketbook, handbag

5. purseverb

   contract one's lips into a rounded shape

   Synonyms:
   wrinkle

6. purse, wrinkleverb

   gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

   "purse ones's lips"

   Synonyms:
   ruckle, crinkle, scrunch up, crumple, crease, crisp, scrunch, rumple, wrinkle, furrow

Matched Categories

1. • Bag
   • Container
   • Contract
   • Round
   • Sum

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1. List of paraphrases for "purse":

   bag, handbag, sac, sack, wallet, backpack, pocketbook, seine, knapsack, satchel, treasury, pocket, award, pack

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How to use purse in a sentence?

1. Benjamin Franklin:

   If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

2. Ashley Jones:

   As a Black woman in America, racism is absolutely inescapable. It shows up in all the little places and all the big places and all the places you don't expect. Sometimes it's in a textbook. Sometimes it's in a purse grabbed as I walk by, sometimes it's in a question about my hair, my skin, if anyone believes we have even come close to solving issues of racism and discrimination, they're mistaken. If I'm afraid to go for a run, go buy a snack, go to sleep in my own bed behind my own locked door, we aren't finished working yet.

3. Phyllis Knox:

   I was begging him not to take my purse because I had medication in my purse, he said, 'You don't understand. You're getting robbed.'.

4. Vanessa Aguirre:

   We took off fast. My purse is still in there.

5. The NYPD:

   One of the individuals was operating the moped while the other pulled the victim's purse off of her shoulder, due to the speed of the moped and the force used to grab the purse, the victim fell to the ground and sustained injuries to her face and right hand.