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

Users already use it to write profiles and draft messages, Sharabi said, which forces dating companies to decide how much of it belongs inside their products. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

But unlike Brief History, which includes gay characters but mostly isn’t about them, The Disappearers also belongs with those earlier chronicles of gay America that Jordan and Eddy name-check, especially John Rechy’s The Sexual Outlaw. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

Educators suggest the question isn’t whether technology belongs in classrooms, but how it’s used. — Stephanie Cook Broadhurst, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026

Reliable high-speed internet increasingly belongs on that same list. — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

An 8-year-old boy went fishing for bass and catfish in Pennsylvania over the weekend and instead hauled in something that belongs roughly 4,000 miles farther south. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

How to pick the right tomato variety Not every tomato belongs in every dish. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026

No, this trade belongs here because it’s been missing from the Giants’ organizational blueprint for decades. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

To judge by the vocabulary deployed in its pages, the book belongs in the inner sanctum of literary theory, where the walls are hung with gnarly rhetorical tropes. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026