attaché case

noun

Definition of attaché casenext
as in traveling bag

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attaché case
  1. overnight bag
  2. briefcase
  3. wallet
  4. valise
  5. portmanteau
  6. duffel bag
  7. handbag
  8. kit bag
Noun
  • One of them invites Bonnie over for a sleepover, and Jessie sneaks into her overnight bag, not realizing that toys are verboten to the new generation.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026
  • Officers told the children to pack an overnight bag.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Definition of overnight bag
Noun
  • Videos showed the participants packed into a park, including one dressed as a sheikh with a briefcase full of Brazilian reais.
    — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The mural includes symbols from the periodic table of elements, and representations of Sir Isaac Newton, scientific equations and evolution — from fish to four-legged mammals to a man carrying a briefcase.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of briefcase
Noun
  • Gado via Getty Images AI agents are starting to hold wallets and pay for things, and finance has no standard way to tell one agent from another.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • When the tip bucket was passed around, patrons reached for their wallets, not avoided eye contact.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of wallet
Noun
  • But in Vienna, Pollak kept a mistress, and Milena had to take a job porting valises at the train station just to make ends meet.
    — Christine Estima September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That a kindly bellhop from The Balmoral, our hotel adjacent to the station, loaded our valises off a trolley cart did little to rein in these trappings.
    — Ross Kenneth Urken, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024
Definition of valise
Noun
  • The name Phia is a portmanteau of the founders’ names Phoebe and Sophia.
    — Sarah Glodek, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • In 1948, Winthrop and Vivian Smith purchased it and renamed it Winvian in a playful portmanteau of their respective first names.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of portmanteau
Noun
  • One of the rescuers gets close to the canine and takes him into his arms before placing him in a duffel bag.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Surveillance footage shows Ruis snatching the $275 bauble, which was attached to a $3,500 Alo Odyssey duffel bag, and wrapping it in a tissue before stuffing it into his pocket, according to a criminal complaint and law enforcement sources.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of duffel bag
Noun
  • There’s no denying that the fall 2026 runways made a strong case for color; even the street style scene is on board, slipping into colorful shoes and sporting handbags in a variety of vibrant shades—baby pink, chartreuse, and cobalt.
    — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2026
  • His store in Elk Grove — which sells handbags, Rolex watches and jewelry — has outgrown its space.
    — ANNIKA MERRILEES, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of handbag
Noun
  • Road closures have been seizing the country’s leafy capital, as vans disgorge military style kit bags and American personnel to match at top hotels.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
  • All of the pieces stow conveniently in a first aid kit bag when playtime is over.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 10 July 2025
Definition of kit bag
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“Attaché case.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attach%C3%A9%20case. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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