What is another word for purse?
Synonyms for purse
pɜrspurse
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Wiktionary
pursenoun
Synonyms:
puckerpursenoun
To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
Synonyms:
coin purse, pocketbook, change purse, handbag, puckerpursenoun
A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
Princeton's WordNet
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, suitcasepursenoun
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, handbagpursenoun
a small bag for carrying money
Synonyms:
bag, pocketbook, handbagpurseverb
a sum of money offered as a prize
"the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"
Synonyms:
bag, pocketbook, handbagpurseverb
contract one's lips into a rounded shape
Synonyms:
wrinklepurse, 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
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#988 | base | |
#1367 | award | |
#1570 | pack | |
#1732 | grant | |
#1995 | bag | |
#2073 | ||
#3469 | dish | |
#6600 | treasury | |
#7245 | grip | |
#8811 | wallet | |
#9479 | purse | |
#10255 | handbag | |
#10755 | backpack | |
#11793 | crisp | |
#11945 | sac | |
#15199 | sack | |
#20390 | wrinkle | |
#23164 | suitcase | |
#24605 | seine | |
#29367 | crease | |
#37558 | satchel | |
#40482 | bursary | |
#47000 | furrow | |
#51668 | pocketbook | |
#62449 | billfold | |
#65224 | crinkle | |
#67686 | knapsack | |
#70458 | pucker | |
#72187 | udder | |
#116185 | crumple | |
#154932 | scrunch | |
#214393 | rumple | |
#304166 | ruckle | |
#308301 | bagful |
How to use purse in a sentence?
To all of my colleague who think that this President cannot act without your approval you don't understand the way the Constitution works, here is your authority and your power to do something about it, the power of the purse. If you don't like what's he's going to do in the future or what he's doing now then you can defund these operations. That's the power of Congress.
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.
Who steals my purse steals trash; But he that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed.
Fortunately, Congress -- not the President -- has the power of the purse, and my colleagues and I will not stand idly by as this Administration ignores congressional intent.
The only method I know to deal with this, outside of legal proceedings, is the power of the purse string.
Translations for purse
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- geldsakkie, handsakAfrikaans
- جزدان, محفظةArabic
- pul kisəsiAzerbaijani
- кашалёкBelarusian
- портмонеBulgarian
- monederCatalan, Valencian
- peněženka, kabelkaCzech
- Geldbörse, schürzen, Geldbeutel, HandtascheGerman
- πορτοφόλι, τσαντάκιGreek
- monujoEsperanto
- bolsa, fruncir, monederoSpanish
- käekott, rahakott, kukkurEstonian
- کیف پولPersian
- kukkaro, määräraha, budjetti, mutristaa, rahapussi, rahakukkaro, käsilaukku, suipistaaFinnish
- pungur, pengapungurFaroese
- bourse, portemonnaie, sac à mainFrench
- sparán, sparáinIrish
- sporanScottish Gaelic
- ארנקHebrew
- पर्स, बटुआHindi
- erszényHungarian
- քսակArmenian
- borsellino, borsa, portafoglio, borsettaItalian
- 財布, パース, 札入れJapanese
- საფულე, ქისაGeorgian
- ការបូបKhmer
- 지갑Korean
- ກະເປົາໃສ່ເງິນLao
- piniginėLithuanian
- maksLatvian
- pāhiMāori
- паричник, чанта, кесе, портмоне, ташнаMacedonian
- handtasDutch
- pengepung, pungNorwegian
- portmonetka, torebkaPolish
- moedeiro, bolsa, fundoPortuguese
- кошелёк, портмоне, сумочка, казна, сумка, деньгиRussian
- торбица, napućiti, torbica, новчаник, novčanik, naškubiti, торба, torba, новчарка, кеса, novčarka, kesaSerbo-Croatian
- peňaženkaSlovak
- torbica, denarnica, našobitiSlovene
- handväska, portmonnäSwedish
- กระเป๋าThai
- el çantası, cüzdanTurkish
- гаманецьUkrainian
- پرسUrdu
- ví tiềnVietnamese
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