Stuff definition

Stuff as a noun

1. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

   "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"

   Same sense: material

2. miscellaneous unspecified objects

   "the trunk was full of stuff"

3. informal terms for personal possessions

   Same sense: clobber

4. senseless talk

   "don't give me that stuff"

   Same sense: stuff and nonsense, poppycock, hooey

5. unspecified qualities required to do or be something

   "the stuff of heroes"

6. information in some unspecified form

   "it was stuff I had heard before"

7. a critically important or characteristic component

   "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"

Stuff as a verb

8. cram into a cavity

   "The child stuffed candy into his pockets"

9. press or force

   "Stuff money into an envelope"

   Same sense: squeeze, thrust, shove

10. obstruct

    "My nose is all stuffed"

    Same sense: block, choke up, lug

11. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

    "She stuffed herself at the dinner"

    Same sense: pig out, scarf out, binge, gorge, glut, overeat, satiate, overindulge

12. treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting

    "stuff a bearskin"

13. fill tightly with a material

    "stuff a pillow with feathers"

14. fill with a stuffing while cooking

    "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"

    Same sense: farce

Synonyms and antonyms

• material
• clobber
• stuff and nonsense
• poppycock
• hooey
• squeeze
• thrust
• shove
• block
• choke up
• lug
• pig out
• scarf out
• binge
• gorge
• glut
• overeat
• satiate
• overindulge
• farce

Opposite: unstuff.

How to say stuff

Stuff has 1 syllable and rhymes with enough. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with stuff

• enough
• tough
• rough
• buff
• bluff
• puff
• cuff
• duff
• fluff
• snuff
• huff
• slough

All 25 words that rhyme with stuff

STUFF in word games

Scrabble

11

Words With Friends

12

Anagrams

1

Is STUFF a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check STUFF in the word checker, or unscramble STUFF to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.