Antonyms for stuff

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : stuhf

Phonetic Transcription : stʌf

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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