Meanings
nounshopping list (plural shopping lists)
plural shopping lists
- A list, written on e.g. a piece of paper, of items that need to be bought.
- figurativelyA list of related items; especially, a list of desired items.
WMRE [West Midlands Rail Executive] would also go further, with other lines on its shopping list for upgrade.
2022 December 28, Philip Haigh, “Building the case for West Midlands rail improvements”, in RAIL, number 973, page 241 more example
This is no place for shopping list of my likes/dislikes/accomplishments, but if you're really special, & unattached, let's meet.
1978 December 9, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 14
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 購物清單 /购物清单
- 購物清單 /购物清单 (gòuwù qīngdān)list of items that need to be bought
Czech nákupní seznam
- nákupní seznamlist of items that need to be bought
Danish indkøbsseddel, indkøbsliste
- indkøbsseddellist of items that need to be bought
- indkøbslistelist of items that need to be bought
Dutch boodschappenlijstje
- boodschappenlijstjelist of items that need to be bought
Esperanto aĉetlisto
- aĉetlistolist of items that need to be bought
Finnish ostoslista
- ostoslistalist of items that need to be bought
French liste de commissions, liste de courses
- liste de commissionslist of items that need to be bought
- liste de courseslist of items that need to be bought
German Einkaufsliste, Einkaufszettel
- Einkaufslistelist of items that need to be bought
- Einkaufszettellist of items that need to be bought
Greek λίστα με τα ψώνια
- λίστα με τα ψώνια (lísta me ta psónia)list of items that need to be bought
Hungarian bevásárlólista
- bevásárlólistalist of items that need to be bought
Japanese 買い物リスト
- 買い物リスト (kaimono risuto)list of items that need to be bought
Norwegian handleliste
- handlelistelist of items that need to be bought
Polish lista zakupów
- lista zakupówlist of items that need to be bought
Portuguese lista de compras
- lista de compraslist of items that need to be bought
Romanian listă de cumpărături
- listă de cumpărăturilist of items that need to be bought
Russian спи́сок поку́пок
- спи́сок поку́пок (spísok pokúpok)list of items that need to be bought
Spanish lista de la compra / compras
- lista de la compra / compraslist of items that need to be bought
Swedish inköpslista
- inköpslistalist of items that need to be bought
Turkish alışveriş listesi
- alışveriş listesilist of items that need to be bought
Cite this entry
APA
shopping list. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopping%20list
MLA
“shopping list.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopping%20list. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shopping list,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shopping%20list.
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