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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of pocketbook

Noun

As was the case in elections around the world this year, many Ghanaians voted with their pocketbooks. —Justice Baidoo, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024

His comments are reflective of an emerging understanding that ascribes the party’s shortcomings to voters’ dissatisfaction with pocketbook issues and the perception among the electorate that Democratic priorities were misplaced. —Noah Rothman, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024

Here, the pocketbook ruled: Fear of inflation leading to ever-higher prices in grocery stores and gas stations. —Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024

But for many business leaders and lawmakers, it was seen as a family pocketbook topic, not a business or economic one. —Jena McGregor, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024