POCKETED Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

pocketed

verb

past tense of pocket

as in stifled

to refrain from openly showing or uttering pocketed my anger and just let the insult pass

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as in stole

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep she casually pocketed the note from his desk to read later

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as in handled

to put up with (something painful or difficult) pocketed his wife's messy habits

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Recent Examples of pocketed Their eyes might glaze over, or fixate on some small detail that can be pocketed for future interpolation. — Literary Hub, 9 June 2026 Oligarchs pocketed the petrodollars of the late-aughts oil boom and left the nation somehow poorer and more indebted. — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 Boston’s Aissata Traore pocketed her team’s goal in stoppage time. — Staff Report, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026 Those are the worst-case scenarios for avoiding being pick-pocketed, as someone can reach right in and steal your wallet, passport, or other valuables. — Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026 Doyle allegedly pocketed most of the proceeds while feeding Matthiesen a string of false explanations about why payment had never arrived. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026 Van Dyke allegedly pocketed at least $400,000 after making a series of bets in the days leading up to the raid. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2026 Built to standard best practices, the company had no ability to resist a hostile takeover, so when gravity pulled the stock down, the hedge fund Jana Partners forced a sale to Amazon and pocketed about $300 million for six months of work. — Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 During a four-year period beginning in 2020, Violetta Mailyan pocketed more than $25 million for Botox injections through Medicare payments, more than five times what any other doctor made in the same time frame, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026

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Likewise, inventories of unsold wine have stifled any sense of buying urgency.

— Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
After feeling stifled in the corporate world, Gaudin said Inches has given him the freedom to embrace his creativity and show other LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs that ownership is possible.

— Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 24 June 2026

Definition of stifled

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The tension between the various competing interests is handled with nuance and without taking sides, all while showing both the pitfalls and the wondrous potential of this annual spectacle.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Pelosi did not have alcohol in his system and he was not arrested at the scene, the sheriff's office added, noting that such cases are commonly handled as misdemeanors.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of handled

Verb

Each player swallowed a biometric tablet, about the size of a large vitamin, so that scientists could see how well his body cooled itself.

— Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
Today, the border's meanderings to its current location is the story of the birth of a nation that swallowed Native American tribes, Spanish descendants and Mexican citizens.

— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of swallowed

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Two weeks before Maria hit, Hurricane Irma swiped past the island’s northeast corner as a Category 5 storm, also knocking out power.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
That tactic may situate this work within a lineage that includes Jacques Villeglé and Mimmo Rotella, artists who used swiped, torn ads during the postwar era.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026

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On Friday, Pope Leo formally accepted the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center, a non-partisan non-profit located across from Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed.

— Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Reuters Calling on America to recommit itself to its founding principles of unity and peace at home and abroad, Pope Leo XIV accepted the Liberty Medal on Friday during a ceremony at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of accepted

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The air force said that 37 missiles and 326 drones were shot down or otherwise suppressed, with impacts of 29 missiles and 18 drones reported across 34 locations.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Security forces suppressed the protests in a bloody crackdown that killed thousands.

— Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 3 July 2026

Definition of suppressed

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On a recent afternoon outside the temple in central Kerala, Raman stood motionless as two children played, giggling and hugging its trunk.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
By the start of the new millennium, with China only beginning its rise, there stood just a single superpower in the world.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026