Antonyms for stuff


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : stuhf
Phonetic Transcription : stÊŒf


Definition of stuff

Origin :
  • early 14c., "quilted material worn under chain mail," from Old French estoffe "quilted material, furniture, provisions" (Modern French étoffe), from estoffer "to equip or stock," which according to French sources is from Old High German stopfon "to plug, stuff," or from a related Frankish word (see stop), but OED has "strong objections" to this. Sense extended to material for working with in various trades (c.1400), then (1570s) "matter of an unspecified kind." Meaning "narcotic, dope, drug" is attested from 1929. To know (one's) stuff "have a grasp on a subject" is recorded from 1927.
  • noun personal belongings
  • noun essence, substance
  • noun fabric
  • verb load with
Example sentences :
  • I don't think much of his stuff, but they say he makes heaps of money.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • You can peel the stuff out of your pockets with one hand, I figure.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • But he said to himself "there was stuff in her: what a woman might be made of her!"
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Add the seasonings, mix thoroughly, and stuff into the bird.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • These landscape fellows buy their stuff direct, and the middleman's out.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I've got him in another barn; that stuff's as catchin' as measles.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • These roots were Stigmaria, and the stuff into which they penetrated was an underclay.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • "That is precisely the kind of stuff I do mean," answered Peter.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • It's the stuff that a thousand summer-girl stories have been spun out of.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • And she thought I was a bad influence on you, filling your head with stuff out of books.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

Synonyms for stuff

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