| personal property | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate). |
| ~ belongings, property, holding | something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone.; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property" |
| ~ chattel, movable, personal chattel | personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc). |
| ~ effects, personal effects | property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business.; "she left some of her personal effects in the house"; "I watched over their effects until they returned" |
| ~ clobber, stuff | informal terms for personal possessions.; "did you take all your clobber?" |
| property | | |
| n. (possession) | 1. belongings, holding, property | something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone.; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property" |
| ~ possession | anything owned or possessed. |
| ~ material possession, tangible possession | property or belongings that are tangible. |
| ~ worldly belongings, worldly goods, worldly possessions | all the property that someone possess.; "he left all his worldly possessions to his daughter" |
| ~ ratables, rateables | property that provides tax income for local governments. |
| ~ hereditament | any property (real or personal or mixed) that can be inherited. |
| ~ intellectual property | intangible property that is the result of creativity (such as patents or trademarks or copyrights). |
| ~ community property | property and income belonging jointly to a married couple. |
| ~ personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate). |
| ~ things | any movable possession (especially articles of clothing).; "she packed her things and left" |
| ~ immovable, real estate, real property, realty | property consisting of houses and land. |
| ~ commonage | property held in common. |
| ~ landholding | a holding in the form of land. |
| ~ salvage | property or goods saved from damage or destruction. |
| ~ shareholding | a holding in the form of shares of corporations. |
| ~ church property, spirituality, spiritualty | property or income owned by a church. |
| ~ lease, letting, rental | property that is leased or rented out or let. |
| ~ trade-in | an item of property that is given in part payment for a new one. |
| ~ public property | property owned by a government. |
| ~ wealth | property that has economic utility: a monetary value or an exchange value. |
| ~ estate | everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities. |
| ~ heirloom | (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance. |
| ~ stockholding, stockholdings | a specific number of stocks or shares owned.; "sell holdings he has in corporations" |
| ~ trust | something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary).; "he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ attribute | an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity. |
| ~ actinism | the property of radiation that enables it to produce photochemical effects. |
| ~ isotropy, symmetry | (physics) the property of being isotropic; having the same value when measured in different directions. |
| ~ anisotropy | the property of being anisotropic; having a different value when measured in different directions. |
| ~ device characteristic, characteristic | any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions. |
| ~ connectivity | the property of being connected or the degree to which something has connections. |
| ~ wave-particle duality, duality | (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory. |
| ~ genetic endowment, heredity | the total of inherited attributes. |
| ~ age | how long something has existed.; "it was replaced because of its age" |
| ~ fashion, manner, mode, style, way | how something is done or how it happens.; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" |
| ~ physical composition, composition, make-up, makeup, constitution | the way in which someone or something is composed. |
| ~ consistency, eubstance, consistence, body | the property of holding together and retaining its shape.; "wool has more body than rayon"; "when the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake" |
| ~ disposition | a natural or acquired habit or characteristic tendency in a person or thing.; "a swelling with a disposition to rupture" |
| ~ tactile property, feel | a property perceived by touch. |
| ~ optics | optical properties.; "the optics of a telescope" |
| ~ visual property | an attribute of vision. |
| ~ aroma, odor, olfactory property, odour, smell, scent | any property detected by the olfactory system. |
| ~ sound property | an attribute of sound. |
| ~ fullness, mellowness, richness | the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing.; "the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall"; "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness"; "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance" |
| ~ taste property | a property appreciated via the sense of taste. |
| ~ saltiness | the property of containing salt (as a compound or in solution). |
| ~ edibility, edibleness | the property of being fit to eat. |
| ~ bodily property | an attribute of the body. |
| ~ physical property | any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions. |
| ~ chemical property | a property used to characterize materials in reactions that change their identity. |
| ~ sustainability | the property of being sustainable. |
| ~ strength | the property of being physically or mentally strong.; "fatigue sapped his strength" |
| ~ concentration | the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume. |
| ~ weakness | the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain.; "his weakness increased as he became older"; "the weakness of the span was overlooked until it collapsed" |
| ~ temporal property | a property relating to time. |
| ~ viability | (of living things) capable of normal growth and development. |
| ~ spatial property, spatiality | any property relating to or occupying space. |
| ~ magnitude | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small).; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" |
| ~ degree, level, grade | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" |
| ~ size | the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing).; "he wears a size 13 shoe" |
| ~ hydrophobicity | the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water. |
| ~ analyticity | the property of being analytic. |
| ~ compositeness | the property of being a composite number. |
| ~ primality | the property of being a prime number. |
| ~ selectivity | the property of being selective. |
| ~ vascularity | the property being vascular.; "a prominent vascularity" |
| ~ extension | the ability to raise the working leg high in the air.; "the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension"; "good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability" |
| ~ solvability, solubility | the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve. |
| ~ insolubility, unsolvability | the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it impossible to solve. |
| n. (location) | 3. place, property | any area set aside for a particular purpose.; "who owns this place?"; "the president was concerned about the property across from the White House" |
| ~ boatyard | a place where boats are built or maintained or stored. |
| ~ sanctuary | a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept. |
| ~ centre, center | a place where some particular activity is concentrated.; "they received messages from several centers" |
| ~ colony | a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated.; "a nudist colony"; "an artists' colony" |
| ~ geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region | a demarcated area of the Earth. |
| ~ hatchery | a place where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions (especially fish eggs).; "the park authorities operated a trout hatchery" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. attribute, dimension, property | a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished.; "self-confidence is not an endearing property" |
| ~ concept, conception, construct | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. |
| ~ lineament, character, quality | a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something.; "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands" |
| ~ characteristic, feature | a prominent attribute or aspect of something.; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics" |
| ~ feature of speech, feature | (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. prop, property | any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie.; "before every scene he ran down his checklist of props" |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| ~ custard pie | a prop consisting of an open pie filled with real or artificial custard; thrown in slapstick comedies. |
| ~ mise en scene, stage setting, setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted. |
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