Synonyms 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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "purse":

   bag, handbag, sac, sack, wallet, backpack, pocketbook, seine, knapsack, satchel, treasury, pocket, award, pack

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How to use purse in a sentence?

1. Othello:

   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.

2. Denise Bowden:

   One-hundred and fifty head of ponies control the purse strings of the entire island, we call it the 'Misty' mystique.

3. Saadi Shirazi:

   Though you may yourself abound in treasure, teach your son some handicraft; for a heavy purse of gold and silver may run to waste, but the purse of the artisan?s industry can never get empty.

4. Kate Carr:

   Put something in the back seat where a child seat is always located that you're going to need at your final destination, something you know you're going to look for, like your cell phone, your purse, a briefcase, this, in fact, can happen to anyone, and we've seen it happen to anyone.

5. William Donohue:

   When [de Blasio] first learned of the relief efforts of Samaritans Purse, he acted as if New York has been invaded by a hostile force.