Synonyms for belong
bɪˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋ

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1. belong(verb)

   be owned by; be in the possession of

   "This book belongs to me"

   Synonyms:
   belong to, go

2. belong(verb)

   be suitable or acceptable

   "This student somehow doesn't belong"

   Synonyms:
   belong to, go

3. belong, go(verb)

   be in the right place or situation

   "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?"

   Synonyms:
   drop dead, pop off, operate, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, work, choke, go away, get, rifle, cash in one's chips, sound, get going, fail, kick the bucket, expire, blend, function, lead, endure, live, pass away, perish, run short, survive, croak, plump, move, extend, conk, fit, blend in, become, run low, conk out, locomote, break, proceed, last, decease, give out, go, depart, give way, hold up, snuff it, pass, hold out, start, belong to, die, travel, exit, run, live on, break down, go bad

4. belong(verb)

   be rightly classified in a class or category

   "The whales belong among the mammals"

   Synonyms:
   belong to, go

5. belong(verb)

   be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place)

   "They belong to the same political party"

   Synonyms:
   belong to, go

6. belong to, belong(verb)

   be a part or adjunct

   "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong"

   Synonyms:
   go, belong to

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. belong

   Synonyms:
   pertain to, appertain to, regard, relate to

   Antonyms:
   not to belong to, not to appertain to, not to relate to

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1. List of paraphrases:

   belongs, pertain, belonging

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US English

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Australian

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Indian

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How to use belong in a sentence?

1. Morgane Oger:

   This is about saying 'this information doesn't belong in that place' and (that) having the wrong information harms people, we used to track race and class on birth certificates ... Would it be OK to track (those now)?

2. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Nature is a good teacher; he who can read the nature well, he can learn sagacious things belong to life from it. Once you stepped in the nature, your philosophical education starts. A black vulture teaches you many things; a bear teaches you many things; a bird making its nest and a rosehip which resists being frozen, they teach you many things!

3. William Walker:

   Culturally significant artifacts are assigned a monetary value in the world's marketplaces in which they are traded, but the cultural and symbolic worth of these objects far surpasses any given dollar value to the nations to whom they rightfully belong. HSI is pleased that today's court action is a positive step toward returning this five-century old Christopher Columbus letter to the people of Italy.

4. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   By passing a balanced budget that's about the future, we can leave ObamaCare's higher costs and broken promises where they belong -- in the past.

5. Hazlitt:

   It is well that there is no one without a fault, for he would not have a friend in the world: he would seem to belong to a different species.

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