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Synonyms of pocket in English:

pocket


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noun

1‘a roomy, padded bag with pockets on either side’

SYNONYMS
compartment, pouch, receptacle, sack, cavity

2‘all the jewellery was far beyond her pocket’

SYNONYMS
means, budget, resources, financial resources, finances, funds, money, capital, assets, wherewithal
North American pocketbook

3‘there were pockets of disaffection in parts of the country’

SYNONYMS
area, patch, small area, isolated area, district, region, island, cluster, centre

adjective

1‘a pocket dictionary’

SYNONYMS
small, little, miniature, mini, compact, fun-size, concise, abridged, potted, portable
North American vest-pocket
informal pint-sized

verb

1‘he was arrested and charged with pocketing $900,000 of his followers' money’

SYNONYMS
steal, take for oneself, help oneself to, appropriate, misappropriate, thieve, purloin, embezzle, expropriate
informal filch, swipe, snaffle, lift, rip off, skim
British informal pinch, nick, half-inch, whip, nobble
rare peculate, defalcate