Synonyms of belongs

belongs

verb

present tense third-person singular of belong

1

as in goes

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

• goes
• stays
• places
• fits (in)

2

as in pertains

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

• pertains
• has
• owns
• possesses
• appertains
• holds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of belongs

Mandel’s work also informed a 2012 New York Times Magazine column on how the art market thrives on inequality, which argued that fine art belongs less to the broader global economy than to the peculiar economy of the very rich. — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

The harder work is judging where each boundary belongs, and that depends on risk, precedent and what the incentives currently reward. — Dr. Nore Salman, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Recovery belongs in the budget Patients may need to account for time away from work while recovering from a hair transplant. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026

Some strategists, anticipating that the committee may raise flags, now try to get ahead of the process by submitting additional documentation, including filmmaker quotes and source materials, to explain why a film belongs in its intended category. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

The data from late 2025 and early 2026 points to a market that is no longer debating whether AI belongs in retail, but who gets to set the terms. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026

Blame belongs up and down the lineup as well as directed at the fallibility of human calf muscles. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Pharrell Williams is pushing to dismiss the lawsuit from his Neptunes partner Chad Hugo, arguing that after three years and three versions of the complaint, Hugo still hasn’t clearly identified a copyright claim that belongs in federal court. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026

The practice has a name — scentscaping — and it is being promoted by interior designers and perfumers who argue that smell belongs in the same planning conversation as color palette, lighting and furniture. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2026