Synonyms for belong
bɪˈlɔŋ, -ˈlɒŋbe·long

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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. belongverb

   be owned by; be in the possession of

   "This book belongs to me"

   Synonyms:
   belong to, go

2. belongverb

   be suitable or acceptable

   "This student somehow doesn't belong"

   Synonyms:
   belong to, go

3. belong, goverb

   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. belongverb

   be rightly classified in a class or category

   "The whales belong among the mammals"

   Synonyms:
   belong to, go

5. belongverb

   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, belongverb

   be a part or adjunct

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

   Synonyms:
   go, belong to

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1. List of paraphrases for "belong":

   belongs, pertain, belonging

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1. Keith Allman:

   The folks on the team don't feel like they belong, or that their team member has their back, or that they can bring their whole self to work.

2. Mati Diop:

   It doesn't really belong to me but I'm OK to be that person, to be that woman.

3. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid:

   As we speak, Donald Trump is proposing to ban Muslim immigration. Other leading candidates are proposing a religious test, tossing around slurs on a daily basis, and now a Republican-appointed justice endorsing racist ideas from the Supreme Court bench. The only difference between the ideas endorsed by Trump and Scalia is that Scalia has a robe and a lifetime appointment. Ideas like this don't belong on the Internet, let alone the mouths of national figures.

4. Kim Foxx:

   When you destroy property with the purpose of taking something that does not belong to you, that is a felony criminal act.

5. Lisa Niziolek:

   Lisa Niziolek explained. In addition to ceramics, the ship was also carrying elephant tusks, possibly for use in medicine or art. Sweet-smelling resin, which could have been used for incense or for caulking ships, was also found. Previous carbon dating of the tusks and resin had dated the wreck to between 700 and 750 years ago. However, improved carbon dating techniques tell a different story. PIRATE MYSTERY : DOES THIS 300-YEAR-OLD BONE BELONG TO' BLACK SAM' BELLAMY ? When we got the results back and learned that the resin and tusk samples were older than previously thought, we were excited, we had suspected that based on inscriptions on the ceramics and conversations with colleagues in China and Japan, and it was great to have all these different types of data coming together to support it.