PURSE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PURSE?

Need another word that means the same as “purse”? Find 37 synonyms and 30 related words for “purse” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Purse” are: bag, handbag, pocketbook, wallet, pouch, money bag, fund, funds, resources, money, kitty, pool, coffers, bank, treasury, exchequer, finances, wealth, reserves, cash, capital, assets, prize, award, reward, clutch bag, shoulder bag, evening bag, pochette, wrinkle, press together, compress, contract, tighten, pucker, screw up, pout

Purse as a Noun

Definitions of "Purse" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “purse” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A handbag.
• A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women.
• A sum of money given as a prize in a sporting contest, especially a boxing match.
• A sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse.
• A small pouch of leather or plastic used for carrying money, typically by a woman.
• A small bag for carrying money.
• The money possessed by or available to a person or country.
• A sum of money offered as a prize.

Synonyms of "Purse" as a noun (29 Words)

assets	Anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company.
award	A tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction. An award for bravery.
bag	The quantity that a bag will hold. A velvet evening bag.
bank	A building in which the business of banking transacted. He tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo.
capital	A letter of the size and form used to begin sentences and names. The drug capital of Columbia.
cash	Money in the form of bills or coins. She was always short of cash.
clutch bag	A woman’s strapless purse that is carried in the hand.
coffers	An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.
evening bag	The early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way.
exchequer	The account at the Bank of England in which is held the Consolidated Fund, into which tax receipts and other public monies are paid. An important source of revenue to the sultan s exchequer.
finances	The branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets.
fund	Financial resources. A vast fund of information.
funds	Assets in the form of money.
handbag	A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women.
kitty	(in bowls) the jack.
money	Wealth reckoned in terms of money. He borrowed money to modernize the shop.
money bag	The official currency issued by a government or national bank.
pochette	A woman’s small handbag shaped like an envelope.
pocketbook	A wallet, purse, or handbag. That car is too expensive for my pocketbook.
pool	A swimming pool. Everyone contributed to the pool.
pouch	A lockable bag for mail or dispatches. A tobacco pouch.
prize	A thing, especially an amount of money or a valuable object, that can be won in a game of chance. The prize was a free trip to Europe.
reserves	Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army.
resources	The ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems. The local library is a valuable resource.
reward	A recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing. Virtue is its own reward.
shoulder bag	A cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg.
treasury	The funds or revenue of a state, institution, or society. The old town is a treasury of ancient monuments.
wallet	A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money.
wealth	A plentiful supply of a particular desirable thing. Great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence.

Usage Examples of "Purse" as a noun

• He and his wife shared a common purse.
• A young woman with a purse hanging from her elbow.
• She had enough in her purse for bus fare.
• A fight for which his purse was $400,000.
• The purse barely covered the winner's expenses.
• He made the contribution out of his own purse.
• Institutions are funded from the same general purse.

Purse as a Verb

Definitions of "Purse" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “purse” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Contract one's lips into a rounded shape.
• Gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker.
• (with reference to the lips) pucker or contract, typically to express disapproval or irritation.

Synonyms of "Purse" as a verb (8 Words)

compress	Squeeze or press (two things) together. Compress the data.
contract	Enter into a contractual arrangement. The local authority will contract with a wide range of agencies to provide services.
pout	Make a sad face and thrust out one’s lower lip. He shrugged and pouted his lips.
press together	Squeeze or press together.
pucker	Draw together into folds or puckers. She puckered her lips.
screw up	Turn like a screw.
tighten	Narrow or limit. He tightened up the clips.
wrinkle	Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. This fabric won t wrinkle.

Usage Examples of "Purse" as a verb

• Under stress his lips would purse slightly.
• Marianne took a glance at her reflection and pursed her lips disgustedly.
• Purse ones's lips.

Associations of "Purse" (30 Words)

anna	A former copper coin of Pakistan and India.
backpack	Hike with a backpack. Every summer they are backpacking in the Rockies.
bag	A woman s handbag. A velvet evening bag.
beware	Be on one’s guard; be cautious or wary about; be alert to. Shoppers were warned to beware of cut price fakes.
briefcase	A leather or plastic rectangular container with a handle for carrying books and documents.
burglar	A person who commits burglary.
checkbook	A book issued to holders of checking accounts.
checkered	Patterned with alternating squares of color. A checkered business career.
coin	Make coins by stamping metal. Gold and silver coins.
commemorative	An object such as a stamp or coin made to mark an event or honour a person. A commemorative plaque.
dollar	A piece of paper money worth one dollar. The dollar sign means little to him.
drachma	Formerly the basic unit of money in Greece.
foldable	Capable of being folded up and stored.
lose	Miss from one s possessions lose sight of. This clock will neither gain nor lose a second.
misplace	Place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position. Misplaced modifiers.
numismatist	A collector and student of money (and coins in particular.
packet	Make up into or wrap up in a packet. A hectic social life could cost a packet.
paperback	Having a flexible binding. The shelves were stacked with well thumbed paperbacks.
pickpocket	A thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places. I think someone pickpocketed me in Brighton on my way to the station.
pocket	Of a suitable size for carrying in a pocket. There were pockets of disaffection in parts of the country.
portmanteau	A word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel or brunch. A portmanteau word combining smoke and fog.
pouch	Make part of a garment hang like a pouch. He stopped pouched his tickets and plodded on.
pucker	Draw together into folds or puckers. A pucker between his eyebrows.
robber	A person who commits robbery.
sack	Put in a sack. They were given the sack.
suitcase	A case with a handle and a hinged lid, used for carrying clothes and other personal possessions. Three huge suitcases and a plethora of hand baggage.
thief	A person who steals another person’s property, especially by stealth and without using force or threat of violence. The thief stole the drugs from a doctor s surgery.
traveling	The act of going from one place to another.
wallet	A pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money.
wrapper	Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person. She put a wrapper over her nightdress.