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1. stuff - noun

· the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"

Synonym(s): material

Hypernym(s): substance




2. stuff - noun

· miscellaneous unspecified objects; "the trunk was full of stuff"

Hypernym(s): object, physical_object




3. stuff - noun

· informal terms for personal possessions; "did you take all your clobber?"

Synonym(s): clobber

Hypernym(s): personal_property, personal_estate, personalty, private_property




4. stuff - noun

· senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff"

Synonym(s): stuff_and_nonsense, hooey, poppycock

Hypernym(s): nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum




5. stuff - noun

· unspecified qualities required to do or be something; "the stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine"

Hypernym(s): quality




6. stuff - noun

· information in some unspecified form; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book"

Hypernym(s): information, info




7. stuff - noun

· a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"

Hypernym(s): kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart_and_soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty




8. stuff - verb

· cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets"

Hypernym(s): cram




9. stuff - verb

· press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand"

Synonym(s): thrust, shove, squeeze

Hypernym(s): push, force




10. stuff - verb

· obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked"

Synonym(s): lug, choke_up, block

Hypernym(s): clog, choke_off, clog_up, back_up, congest, choke, foul

Antonym(s): unstuff




11. stuff - verb

· overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream"

Synonym(s): gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig_out, satiate, scarf_out

Hypernym(s): eat




12. stuff - verb

· treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin"

Hypernym(s): impregnate, saturate




13. stuff - verb

· fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"

Hypernym(s): fill, fill_up, make_full




14. stuff - verb

· fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"

Synonym(s): farce

Hypernym(s): fill, fill_up, make_full





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