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📦 Things or belongings 🧱 A material 🧳 To fill tightly ⭐ Qualities needed 🦃 To fill food 🍕 To eat a lot 🦉 To preserve animal
stuff

stuff

∞ 1.0
Things a person owns or carries
  • noun
  • /stʌf/
  • Informal
: cosas
  • What are your plans with all this stuff?
  • a lot of stuff
  • know your stuff
  • buy stuff

We're going to do some cool stuff this year.

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Examples

  • You will have to learn some of the stuff for the exam.

  • We're going to do some cool stuff this year.

    Theo Von

  • We actually found a bunch of stuff that we need.

  • So in my opinion, the same stuff should apply.

  • Please use our free stuff as much as you can.

  • Build your home and your stuff around that life.

  • It's their choice whether this stuff matters to them or not.

  • Why not just drop all the other stuff and focus on that?

    Vanity Fair

  • You know, the usual student stuff.

    Back to Black (2024)

  • We actually found a bunch of stuff that we need.

Synonyms

substance
vsstuff
367 2.8

A physical material that objects are made of

is looser, naming objects or even ideas rather than material
thing
vsstuff
291 1.0

Personal items like clothes and bags

is broader, referring to groups of objects or general ideas
contents
vsstuff
188 1.0

The things inside a container, bag, or box

is broader, including possessions, ideas, or unspecified talk
belongings
vsstuff
114 1.0

Things a person owns and can carry

is more general and also covers ideas or nonpersonal objects
whatnot
vsstuff
  • Informal
95 5.5

Various small things kept together, such as pens and paper clips

is broader, also covering ideas or unspecified talk
personal effects
vsstuff
31 3.5

Small personal items a person carries, like clothes or jewelry

is broader, applying to general objects and unspecified talk
hooey
vsstuff
  • Informal
15 9.9

Silly talk that is not true

is wider, used for general objects, possessions, or neutral talk
poppycock
vsstuff
  • Informal
10 9.9

Silly talk that is not true

is broader, meaning general things or ordinary talk, not only nonsense
worldly belongings
vsstuff
1 3.8

All the things a person owns, like clothes or furniture

is narrower, often used for general or unspecified objects and ideas
clobber
vsstuff
  • UK
1 8.2

Personal items, especially clothes and small belongings

is less specific, applying to many kinds of objects or ideas

Antonyms

nothing
∞ 1.0

Not anything of interest or value

emptiness
32 3.6

A space or place that has nothing in it

Idioms

to sweat the small stuff
  • Informal
4 7.7

Worry too much about small, unimportant things

stuff and nonsense
  • Informal
1 6.6

Silly talk that is not true or useful

stuff you
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Rude words used to tell someone to go away and show anger

to strut one's stuff
  • Informal
7.7

To confidently show your skills or style to impress people

Compounds

hot stuff
  • Informal
28 7.2

A person or thing that many people like and find exciting

real stuff
27 4.2

A thing that is original and not a fake

wimpy stuff
  • Informal
1 8.9

A weak, low-quality thing that lacks power or excitement

greasy kid's stuff
  • Informal
1 9.9

Entertainment for children that is low quality and simple

sob stuff
  • Archaic
1 8.5

Words or stories meant to make people feel pity by showing personal suffering

stuff shot
  • Jargon
1 7.0

A basketball play where a player puts the ball down hard through the hoop

small stuff
  • Specialized
8.6

A thin rope on a ship used for small tasks like tying or securing

How Specific

item
∞ 1.0
possession
140 1.7
stuff
  • Informal
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

stuff singular
stuffs plural

Etymology

Stuff comes from an old French word estoffe meaning 'material' and from an old German word like stop meaning 'to fill', so it became a simple name for your 'things' or 'belongings'.