Synonyms for stuff

Synonyms for (noun) stuff

Synonyms: stuff

Definition: miscellaneous unspecified objects

Usage: the trunk was full of stuff

Similar words: physical object, object

Definition: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow

Usage: it was full of rackets, balls and other objects


Synonyms: stuff

Definition: unspecified qualities required to do or be something

Usage: the stuff of heros; you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine

Similar words: quality

Definition: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

Usage: the quality of mercy is not strained--Shakespeare


Synonyms: stuff

Definition: a critically important or characteristic component

Usage: suspense is the very stuff of narrative

Similar words: gist, heart, heart and soul, nub, nitty-gritty, essence, core, centre, center, pith, meat, inwardness, kernel, marrow, substance, sum

Definition: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Usage: the gist of the prosecutor's argument; the heart and soul of the Republican Party; the nub of the story


Synonyms: poppycock, hooey, stuff, stuff and nonsense

Definition: senseless talk

Usage: don't give me that stuff

Similar words: hokum, bunk, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality

Definition: a message that seems to convey no meaning


Synonyms: stuff

Definition: information in some unspecified form

Usage: it was stuff I had heard before; there's good stuff in that book

Similar words: info, information

Definition: a message received and understood


Synonyms: clobber, stuff

Definition: informal terms for personal possessions

Usage: did you take all your clobber?

Similar words: personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property

Definition: movable property (as distinguished from real estate)


Synonyms: material, stuff

Definition: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

Usage: coal is a hard black material; wheat is the stuff they use to make bread

Similar words: substance

Definition: the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists

Usage: DNA is the substance of our genes


Synonyms for (verb) stuff

Synonyms: farce, stuff

Definition: fill with a stuffing while cooking

Usage: Have you stuffed the turkey yet?

Similar words: fill, fill up, make full

Definition: make full, also in a metaphorical sense

Usage: fill a container; fill the child with pride


Synonyms: stuff

Definition: fill tightly with a material

Usage: stuff a pillow with feathers

Similar words: fill, fill up, make full

Definition: make full, also in a metaphorical sense

Usage: fill a container; fill the child with pride


Synonyms: stuff

Definition: treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting

Usage: stuff a bearskin

Similar words: impregnate, saturate

Definition: infuse or fill completely

Usage: Impregnate the cloth with alcohol


Synonyms: gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, glut, ingurgitate, binge, englut, engorge, stuff, pig out, satiate, scarf out, overeat, overgorge, overindulge

Definition: overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

Usage: She stuffed herself at the dinner; The kids binged on ice cream

Similar words: eat

Definition: eat a meal; take a meal

Usage: We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls; I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation


Synonyms: stuff, choke up, block, lug

Definition: obstruct

Usage: My nose is all stuffed; Her arteries are blocked

Similar words: clog, clog up, choke, choke off, congest, foul, back up

Definition: become or cause to become obstructed

Usage: The leaves clog our drains in the Fall; The water pipe is backed up


Synonyms: stuff

Definition: cram into a cavity

Usage: The child stuffed candy into his pockets

Similar words: cram

Definition: put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled

Usage: cram books into the suitcase


Synonyms: shove, squeeze, thrust, stuff

Definition: press or force

Usage: Stuff money into an envelope; She thrust the letter into his hand

Similar words: push, force

Definition: move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"


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