Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pocket_book

1 sense of pocket book

Sense 1
pocketbook, pocket book, pocket edition -- (pocket-sized paperback book)
       => paperback book, paper-back book, paperback, softback book, softback, soft-cover book, soft-cover -- (a book with paper covers)


3 of 4 senses of pocketbook

Sense 1
pocketbook -- (your personal financial means; "that car is too expensive for my pocketbook")
       => means, substance -- (considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means")

Sense 2
wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook -- (a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money)
       => case -- (a portable container for carrying several objects; "the musicians left their instrument cases backstage")

Sense 4
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))