Antonyms 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

Matched Categories

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

How to use purse in a sentence?

1. Cassie Kreitner:

   I’ve always loved hot sauce, but over the past few years I’ve started using it in lieu of salad dressing, since it’s a lot lower in calories but adds a ton of flavor, i keep a bunch at my desk and sometimes in my purse.

2. Ted Cruz:

   Congress is obliged to use every constitutional check and balance we have to rein in President Obama's lawlessness, and that includes both our confirmation authority over nominees and the power of the purse.

3. Ashton Carter:

   I pledge to make needed change in the Pentagon but also to seek support from Congress, because I know that in the end, Congress holds the power of the purse, i look forward to a partnership with this committee, and what can be a period of historic advance.

4. Blessing Irish:

   May there always be work for your hands to do, May your purse always hold a coin or two. May the sun always shine warm on your windowpane, May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you, And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

5. Proverb:

   Doctors purge the body,ministers the conscience,lawyers the purse.

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