Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun handbag
1 sense of handbag
Sense 1
bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse -- (a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb")
=> container -- (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))