Antonyms of verb stuff

1 of 7 senses of stuff

Sense 3
stuff, lug, choke up, block -- (obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked")
       Antonym of unstuff (Sense 1)
      => unstuff, loosen up -- (cause to become unblocked; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stuff

7 senses of stuff

Sense 1
stuff -- (cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets")
       => cram -- (put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled; "cram books into the suitcase")

Sense 2
thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze -- (press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand")
       => push, force -- (move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner")

Sense 3
stuff, lug, choke up, block -- (obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked")
       => clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul -- (become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up")

Sense 4
gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out, satiate, scarf out -- (overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream")
       => eat -- (eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation")

Sense 5
stuff -- (treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting; "stuff a bearskin")
       => impregnate, saturate -- (infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol")

Sense 6
stuff -- (fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers")
       => fill, fill up, make full -- (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")

Sense 7
farce, stuff -- (fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?")
       => fill, fill up, make full -- (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")

Antonyms of adj stuffed

2 senses of stuffed

Sense 1
stuffed -- (filled with something; "a stuffed turkey")

INDIRECT (VIA full) -> empty -- (holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours")

Sense 2
stuffed -- (crammed with food; "a full stomach"; "I feel stuffed")

INDIRECT (VIA full) -> empty -- (holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours")

Similarity of adj stuffed

2 senses of stuffed

Sense 1
stuffed -- (filled with something; "a stuffed turkey")
       => full (vs. empty) -- (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing")

Sense 2
stuffed -- (crammed with food; "a full stomach"; "I feel stuffed")
       => full (vs. empty) -- (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing")

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