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 But for the deep-pocketed, the $400 Decades Wine Pairing is a voyage through time and space, guiding you through wines bottled across generations. — Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 Streaming and games chief JB Perrette, CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels and uber-distribution boss Bruce Campbell each took home payouts of between $120 million and $150 million, while international chief Gerhard Zeiler also pocketed around $90 million. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026 The outlet reported that Jamal pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars from at least six Feeding Our Future associates convicted in connection to the sprawling fraud scheme. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026 The actress alleged that her mother had taken control of her finances and lied about how much she was being paid for a film and pocketed the difference. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Workday — Shares were last down more than 3% as traders pocketed gains. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 Investors borrowed cheaply in yen, bought higher-yielding assets elsewhere and pocketed the spread. — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 The purse has not been announced for this year, but last year teams that won just one match in mixed doubles but lost in the second round made $100,000, meaning the individual players pocketed $50,000 each after just a few hours on the court. — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 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

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With good pitching come easier games, better matchups, and stifled hitters.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
How often are the voices of people coming home from prison stifled?

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

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Deputies said that the men stole roughly $3,330 worth of diesel as fuel prices reached all-time highs.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Her boyfriend Tom Arnold becomes a writer/producer and complains that someone there stole his love letters and sold out his steamy relationship with Roseanne to the National Enquirer.

— Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

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The October 19 exercise tested how the vessel handled changing mission requirements and simulated machinery failures without onboard crew intervention.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Braking is handled by dual-piston hydraulic calipers clamping down on large rotors for the promise of serious stopping power even in wet weather.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of handled

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Anyone who has seen the heart-pounding trailer of Whalefall, which follows a scuba diver being swallowed whole by a giant sperm whale, would probably not see said whale as the film’s hero.

— Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
The squishy toys contain water beads that expand when wet, including if swallowed.

— Eva Flowe October 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of swallowed

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The thefts attracted attention in September partly because of how easily the artworks appeared to have been swiped.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Just moments prior, Link had swiped some of Jo’s old pain meds as his addiction issues seem to only be getting bigger.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

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Harris accepted, then asked to co-write the screenplay despite never having tackled a feature script.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Araiza had already punted, but the Raiders accepted the penalty and pushed the Chiefs back into a fourth-and-9.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026