Synonyms of belong

belong

verb

bi-ˈlȯŋ 

1

as in to stay

to have or be in a usual or proper place

your shoes belong in the closet, not in the middle of the living room where people will trip on them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stay
• go
• place
• fit (in)

2

as in to pertain

to be the property of a person or group of persons

those textbooks belong to the school system and not to the students

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pertain
• have
• appertain
• possess
• own
• hold

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of belong

Each prompt targets one of her four pillars of healthy workplace relationships—trust, belonging, recognition, and collective resilience—and it’s designed to be played at an off-site meeting, while onboarding a new employee, during a one-on-one check-in, or at an after-work happy hour. —Angela Haupt, Time, 20 May 2025

Do Kent Monkman’s over-the-top paintings belong in a museum? —Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 19 May 2025

The film belongs lock, stock and barrel to Del Toro, playing this Onassis-style billionaire who proves again to be so adept to the rhythms of Anderson’s dialogue and delivers flawlessly here. —Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 May 2025

Proposing that the artifacts belong where their makers live now is sensible, but the problem at the heart of Dahomey is its presumption of guilt without resolution or remedy. —Armond White, National Review, 16 May 2025