Synonyms for pocketbook
ˈpɒk ɪtˌbʊkpock·et·book

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1. pocketbooknoun

   your personal financial means

   "that car is too expensive for my pocketbook"

   Synonyms:
   bag, purse, handbag, wallet, pocket book, billfold, pocket edition, notecase

2. wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbooknoun

   a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money

   Synonyms:
   purse, bag, wallet, pocket book, billfold, pocket edition, notecase, handbag

3. pocketbook, pocket book, pocket editionnoun

   pocket-sized paperback book

   Synonyms:
   bag, purse, handbag, wallet, pocket book, billfold, pocket edition, notecase

4. 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, purse, billfold, notecase, bagful, pocket book, grip, traveling bag, handbag, suitcase

Matched Categories

1. • Case
   • Container
   • Means
   • Paperback Book

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1. List of paraphrases for "pocketbook":

   paperback, purse, portfolio, wallet, handbag, bag

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How to use pocketbook in a sentence?

1. Brett Sappington:

   Customers don't like surprises that hurt their pocketbook.

2. Carol Lachnit:

   Jonathan Stein have to look at Jonathan Stein own pocketbook and Jonathan Stein own budget and decide.

3. Robert Blendon:

   Whoever gains anything politically out of this is going to have to talk about this (so that) it sounds like you understand, it really is a pocketbook issue.

4. Bryan Steil:

   For the average American working family that is going to have to foot the bill for these rules changes, they're going to feel it in the pocketbook and be absolutely clobbered.

5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   The new frontier of which I speak is not a set of promises-it is a set of challenges. It sums up not what I intend to offer the American people, but what I intend to ask of them. It appeals to their pride, not their pocketbook-it holds out the promise of more sacrifice instead of more security.