noun
pock·et ˈpä-kət 
1
a
: a small bag carried by a person : purse
b
: a small bag that is sewed or inserted in a garment so that it is open at the top or side
coat pocket
2
: supply of money : means
3
: receptacle, container: such as
a
: an opening at the corner or side of a billiard table
b
: a superficial pouch in some animals
4
: a small often isolated area or group
pockets of unemployment
: a
: a cavity containing a deposit (as of gold, water, or gas)
b
: air pocket
5
: a place for a batten made by sewing a strip on a sail
6
a
: blind alley
b
: the position of a contestant in a race hemmed in by others
c
: an area formed by blockers from which a football quarterback attempts to pass
7
: the concave area at the base of the finger sections of a baseball glove or mitt in which the ball is normally caught
pocketful
ˈpä-kət-ˌfu̇l
noun verb
pocketed; pocketing; pockets
transitive verb
1
a
: to put or enclose in or as if in one's pocket
pocketed the change
b
: to appropriate to one's own use : steal
c
: to refuse assent to (a bill) by a pocket veto
2
: to put up with : accept
3
: to set aside : suppress
pocketed his pride
4
a
: to hem in
b
: to drive (a ball) into a pocket of a pool table
5
: to cover or supply with pockets
pocketable
ˈpä-kə-tə-bəl
adjective adjective
1
a
: small enough to be carried in the pocket
b
: small, miniature
a pocket park
2
a
: of or relating to money
b
: carried in or paid from one's own pocket
Synonyms
Noun
- bankroll
- coffers
- exchequer
- finances
- fund
- resources
- wherewithal
Verb
- choke (back)
- hold back
- repress
- sink
- smother
- stifle
- strangle
- submerge
- suppress
- swallow
Adjective
- bantam
- diminutive
- dinky
- dwarfish
- fine
- half-pint
- Lilliputian
- little
- pint-size
- pint-sized
- pocket-size
- pocket-sized
- puny
- pygmy
- shrimpy
- slight
- small
- smallish
- subnormal
- toylike
- undersized
- undersize
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun He keeps his gloves in his coat pocket. She was standing there with her hands in her pockets. I have a hole in my pocket. Her pocket was full of change. There are pockets on the back of each car seat. a zippered pocket on the front of a suitcase Verb The chairman was fired for pocketing funds. The saleswoman had overcharged them and pocketed the difference. a professional golfer who pocketed more than four million dollars in winnings I had to pocket my pride and ask for some help. Adjective his pocket involvement in the company was minimal See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Phil Galewitz, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022 In 2022, with an improved offensive line, Burrow is going to get more opportunities to scramble outside of the pocket, keep his eyes down the field and find an open receiver. Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2022 The plans include the acquisition of more than 170 million doses of the new boosters, which will be available to consumers without an out-of-pocket cost. Erika Edwards, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2022 Insert, instead, a clockwise tornado spin by Fields, 5 yards backward and out the back door of the pocket. Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Even with a Medicare drug plan, the Muskego, Wisconsin, woman said she was charged $21,740 in out-of-pocket costs last year for Revlimid. Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2022 Consumer out-of-pocket costs will increase and the uninsured and indigent will have diminished access to these products. Steven Phillips, STAT, 6 Sep. 2022 The hospital eventually agreed to give Yuengling a discount, lowering her out-of-pocket cost to $3,306.29. Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022 Early in the second quarter, Utah State brought pressure and the Alabama line folded, sending Young up and out of the pocket for 18-yards on a 3rd-and-12. Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2022 Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz, 4 Aug. 2022 About 60% of most tax revenues goes to the central government, while local governments pocket the rest. Wall Street Journal Staff, WSJ, 31 July 2022 The 10th-place finisher will make $1 million and 30th place will pocket $500,000. Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2022 The finalists who don’t garner the big prize will still pocket $2500 and be featured at the Walters Art Museum until Sept. 18. Micha Green, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2022 At that price, Tianqi Lithium would pocket about $1.7 billion from the share sale. Rebecca Feng, WSJ, 29 June 2022 With a total purse of $17.5 million, the winner of the 122nd US Open will pocket $3.15 million, while the runner up gets $1.89 million, and the bronze medalist will get $1.255 million. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022 If its profits simply grow with inflation that the markets expect to drop to between 2% and 2.5% in the years ahead, investors would pocket a decent 7% to 7.5% return if its earnings don't grow at all in real terms. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2022 The siblings could pocket more than $20 million combined, based on a nearby land deal. Andy Peters, ajc, 21 Mar. 2022 Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2021 My favorite and most-used is the Patagonia Baggies Brimmer ($50), which looks like a safari hat and should probably be matched with one of those tan, multi-pocket vests. Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 June 2021 The women’s ready-to-wear blends utilitarian and sporty aesthetics, with multi-pocket skirts, gym sets and transformable jackets all dripping in the new logo. Isabel Lord, Forbes, 13 May 2021 See More
Noun
Clinics can reduce the out-of-pocket costs for patients but are not required to, although Johns said Lee Health does reduce the drug costs for patients who are uninsured or have low incomes. Phil Galewitz, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022 In 2022, with an improved offensive line, Burrow is going to get more opportunities to scramble outside of the pocket, keep his eyes down the field and find an open receiver. Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2022 The plans include the acquisition of more than 170 million doses of the new boosters, which will be available to consumers without an out-of-pocket cost. Erika Edwards, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2022 Insert, instead, a clockwise tornado spin by Fields, 5 yards backward and out the back door of the pocket. Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022 Even with a Medicare drug plan, the Muskego, Wisconsin, woman said she was charged $21,740 in out-of-pocket costs last year for Revlimid. Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2022 Consumer out-of-pocket costs will increase and the uninsured and indigent will have diminished access to these products. Steven Phillips, STAT, 6 Sep. 2022 The hospital eventually agreed to give Yuengling a discount, lowering her out-of-pocket cost to $3,306.29. Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2022 Early in the second quarter, Utah State brought pressure and the Alabama line folded, sending Young up and out of the pocket for 18-yards on a 3rd-and-12. Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2022 Verb
But the decision is paying off handsomely for shareholders, who will pocket $8.5 billion in dividends and share buybacks this year. Tim Mcdonnell, Quartz, 4 Aug. 2022 About 60% of most tax revenues goes to the central government, while local governments pocket the rest. Wall Street Journal Staff, WSJ, 31 July 2022 The 10th-place finisher will make $1 million and 30th place will pocket $500,000. Todd Kelly, The Arizona Republic, 23 Aug. 2022 The finalists who don’t garner the big prize will still pocket $2500 and be featured at the Walters Art Museum until Sept. 18. Micha Green, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2022 At that price, Tianqi Lithium would pocket about $1.7 billion from the share sale. Rebecca Feng, WSJ, 29 June 2022 With a total purse of $17.5 million, the winner of the 122nd US Open will pocket $3.15 million, while the runner up gets $1.89 million, and the bronze medalist will get $1.255 million. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022 If its profits simply grow with inflation that the markets expect to drop to between 2% and 2.5% in the years ahead, investors would pocket a decent 7% to 7.5% return if its earnings don't grow at all in real terms. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2022 The siblings could pocket more than $20 million combined, based on a nearby land deal. Andy Peters, ajc, 21 Mar. 2022 Adjective
On its e-commerce site this June, Banana Republic launched the BR Vintage collection: 225 items from the company’s safari-style past, including khaki shirts, lengthy suede jackets and multi-pocket photojournalist vests. Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2021 My favorite and most-used is the Patagonia Baggies Brimmer ($50), which looks like a safari hat and should probably be matched with one of those tan, multi-pocket vests. Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 June 2021 The women’s ready-to-wear blends utilitarian and sporty aesthetics, with multi-pocket skirts, gym sets and transformable jackets all dripping in the new logo. Isabel Lord, Forbes, 13 May 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English poket, from Anglo-French poket, pochete, diminutive of poke, pouche bag — more at pouch
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adjective
1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Phrases Containing pocket
Kids Definition
pocket 1 of 3
noun
pock·et ˈpä-kət
1
: a small bag sewn into a piece of clothing for carrying small articles
2
: a place or thing that is different from the larger place or thing that it is part of
pockets of poverty
3
: a condition of the air that causes an airplane to drop suddenly
an air pocket
4
: a bag at the corner or side of a pool table
verb
pocketed; pocketing
1
: to put something in a pocket
2
: to keep often dishonestly
He was tempted to pocket the profits.
adjective
: pocket-size
a pocket dictionary
Medical Definition
noun
pock·et ˈpäk-ət
: a small cavity or space
especially : an abnormal cavity formed in diseased tissue
a gingival pocket
pocket 1 of 3
noun
as in finances
available money the fancy sports car I wanted to buy for myself was beyond my pocket Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- finances
- fund
- resources
- cash
- exchequer
- purse
- shirt
- coffers
- bankroll
- currency
- financing
- wealth
- assets
- chips
- gold
- roll
- treasury
- wherewithal
- fortune
- dough
- means
- capital
- riches
- scratch
- tender
- bread
- legal tender
- pelf
- cash flow
- lucre
- substance
- wampum
- deep pockets
- opulence
- jack
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- debts
- liabilities
- indebtedness
adjective
1
as in small
of a size that is less than average a pocket dictionary Synonyms & Similar Words
- small
- little
- diminutive
- tiny
- fine
- miniature
- spare
- slight
- pocket-sized
- pocket-size
- dinky
- mini
- miniaturized
- smallish
- dwarf
- bantam
- puny
- sparse
- slender
- undersized
- dwarfish
- toylike
- pygmy
- toy
- microscopic
- micro
- pint-sized
- poor
- lacking
- subnormal
- pint-size
- minuscule
- half-pint
- shrimpy
- undersize
- stunted
- capsule
- insufficient
- wee
- Lilliputian
- slim
- teeny
- scarce
- bitty
- meager
- minim
- minikin
- wanting
- inadequate
- scrubby
- pinpoint
- scant
- skimpy
- minute
- weeny
- runtish
- scanty
- infinitesimal
- runty
- teensy
- little bitty
- microscopical
- stingy
- inappreciable
- skimp
- niggardly
- deficient
- meagre
- teeny-weeny
- weensy
- teensy-weensy
- bite-size
- bite-sized
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- large
- substantial
- oversized
- big
- sizeable
- considerable
- sizable
- oversize
- great
- bulky
- grand
- whopping
- hefty
- massive
- tidy
- outsize
- handsome
- huge
- outsized
- giant
- enormous
- largish
- jumbo
- gigantic
- voluminous
- vast
- goodly
- husky
- galactic
- ample
- tremendous
- immense
- humongous
- cavernous
- mammoth
- generous
- staggering
- monumental
- colossal
- mountainous
- gargantuan
- gross
- monstrous
- boxcar
- prodigious
- copious
- thick
- titanic
- biggish
- fat
- liberal
- whacking
- healthy
- abundant
- appreciable
- heroic
- wide
- monolithic
- bountiful
- stupendous
- elephantine
- king-sized
- king-size
- cyclopean
- overscale
- plentiful
- broad
- heroical
- overscaled
- pharaonic
- humungous
- sufficient
- enough
- infinite
- leviathan
- adequate
- cosmic
- herculean
- plenteous
- hulking
- boundless
- immeasurable
- incalculable
- cosmical
- Bunyanesque
- Himalayan
- Brobdingnagian
2
as in financial
of or relating to money, banking, or investments his pocket involvement in the company was minimal Synonyms & Similar Words
- financial
- monetary
- pecuniary
- fiscal
- economic
- capitalistic
- capitalist
- commercial
- dollars-and-cents
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nonfinancial
verb
1
as in to swallow
to refrain from openly showing or uttering pocketed my anger and just let the insult pass Synonyms & Similar Words
- swallow
- stifle
- control
- suppress
- hold back
- choke (back)
- sink
- submerge
- repress
- smother
- manage
- strangle
- check
- contain
- curb
- bridle
- bottle up
- govern
- squelch
- muffle
- quell
- quash
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- express
- release
- take out
- loose
- vent
- unleash
2
as in to steal
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep she casually pocketed the note from his desk to read later Synonyms & Similar Words
- steal
- swipe
- pinch
- grab
- hook
- lift
- pilfer
- snatch
- nick
- appropriate
- filch
- snitch
- rob
- rip off
- thieve
- sack
- purloin
- nip
- heist
- boost
- loot
- rifle
- take
- misappropriate
- plunder
- pick
- collar
- run off with
- walk off with
- hijack
- seize
- pillage
- make away with
- make off with
- knock over
- burglarize
- grasp
- sponge
- rustle
- shoplift
- nail
- spirit
- poach
- mooch
- highjack
- shanghai
- kidnap
- carjack
- abduct
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- buy
- purchase
- present
- contribute
- give
- donate
- hand over
- bestow
3
as in to stand
to put up with (something painful or difficult) pocketed his wife's messy habits Synonyms & Similar Words
- stand
- handle
- stomach
- take
- accept
- tolerate
- endure
- bear
- sweat out
- sustain
- stick out
- wear
- support
- swallow
- hack
- brook
- stand for
- absorb
- go
- live with
- countenance
- tough it out
- bide
- meet
- lump (it)
- abide
- permit
- suffer
- allow
- respect
- reconcile (to)
- acquiesce
- capitulate
- assent (to)
- consent (to)
- yield (to)
- submit (to)
- agree (with or to)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- refuse
- fight
- escape
- decline
- dismiss
- turn down
- avoid
- combat
- contest
- reject
- resist
- oppose
- evade
- repudiate
- bypass
- miss
- circumvent
- spurn
- elude
- refrain (from)
- dodge
- abstain (from)
- forbear