purse

purse is a 5-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.
2. noun. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
3. noun. A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
4. noun. A specific sum of money
5. noun. In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
6. noun. In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
7. transitive verb. To put into a purse.
8. transitive verb. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.
9. intransitive verb. To steal purses; to rob.
10. noun. a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

    "she reached into her bag and found a comb"

    Synonyms: bag, handbag, pocketbook

11. noun. a small bag for carrying money
12. noun. a sum of money offered as a prize

    "the purse barely covered the winner's expenses"

13. noun. a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse

    "he made the contribution out of his own purse"

    "he and his wife shared a common purse"

14. verb. contract one's lips into a rounded shape
15. verb. gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker

    "purse ones's lips"

    Synonyms: wrinkle

Synonyms

bag, handbag, pocketbook, wrinkle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in purse:

resup, sprue, super

Common word forms

pursed, purser, purses, pursing, purseful, purseless

Words from these letters

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