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stuff

[stuhf] / stʌf /
NOUN
personal belongings
Synonyms
STRONGEST
equipment gear goods junk substance things
STRONG
being effects impedimenta individual kit luggage objects paraphernalia possessions tackle trappings
NOUN
any thing, thought, substance, etc.
Synonyms
STRONG
jawn
WEAK
shit
NOUN
essence, substance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
matter meat
STRONG
bottom essentiality heart marrow nitty-gritty pith principle quintessence soul staple
WEAK
bottom line nuts and bolts virtuality
Antonyms
STRONG
exteriority outside
NOUN
fabric
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cloth material
STRONG
textile
WEAK
raw material woven material
VERB
load with
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cram fill pack pad shove squeeze stow wedge
STRONG
compress congest crowd force glut gobble gorge gormandize guzzle jam overfill overindulge overstuff push ram sate satiate wad
WEAK
choke up clog up fill to overflowing fill to the brim jam-pack
Antonyms
STRONGEST
use
STRONG
abstain deprive diet dissatisfy fast repress suppress
WEAK
unload unstuff

Example Sentences

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That’s “notwithstanding the war-related stuff that we can’t gauge” due to uncertain and shifting developments in the Middle East, she added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

“I put up a good fight,” Scheffler said, “did a lot of good stuff in order to give myself a chance and ultimately came up a couple shots short.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

“Me being on top of myself, being on top of my stuff lets guys know that they can trust a guy like me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

I would have to pay someone—pay someone!—to cart my stuff to the town dump, an insult-on-top-of-injury that I just couldn’t abide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

“And I do stuff without her. It’s not a big deal that she was at the pool with other friends.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison