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?
Justice oft leans to the side where the purse pulls.
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.
You wake up in the morning, and your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. And no one receives either more or less than you receive.
The Executive is charged officially in the Departments under it with the disbursement of the public money, and is responsible for the faithful application of it to the purposes for which it is raised. The Legislature is the watchful guardian over the public purse. It is its duty to see that the disbursement has been honestly made.
If we want to constrain the president's actions, we have the power of the purse, the Constitution says the president of the United States is the commander in chief.
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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