property

1. 1.

   something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

   “that hat is my property”

   “he is a man of property”

   Synonymsbelongingsholding

   Broaderpossession

   Narrowertangible possessionworldly possessionsratableshereditamentintellectual propertycommunity propertypersonal propertythingsreal propertycommonage
2. 2.

   a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class

   “a study of the physical properties of atomic particles”

   Broaderattribute

   Narroweractinismisotropyanisotropycharacteristicconnectivitydualityheredityagemannerconstitution
3. 3.

   any area set aside for a particular purpose

   “who owns this place?”

   “the president was concerned about the property across from the White House”

   Synonymsplace

   Broadergeographical area

   Narrowerboatyardsanctuarycentercolonyhatchery
4. 4.

   a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

   “self-confidence is not an endearing property”

   Synonymsattributedimension

   Broaderconcept

   Narrowerqualityfeaturefeature of speech
5. 5.

   any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

   “before every scene he ran down his checklist of props”

   Synonymsprop

   Broaderobject

   Narrowercustard pie

   Part ofmise en scene

Other forms of property

plural

properties·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about property

What does property mean?

property means "something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in property?

property has 3 syllables: pro-per-ty. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑpɚti/.

What is another word for property?

Close synonyms include belongings, holding, place, attribute, dimension. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is property a common word?

property is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.