PERSONALTY Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

personalty

noun

ˈpərs-nəl-tē

Definition of personalty

as in things

transportable items that one owns and I will my personalty to my children

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Noun

Born in 1888, Jim Casey spent his life, starting at the tender age of eleven, thinking about how to deliver things more efficiently.

— Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
New York — Brett Smiley was elected mayor of Providence in 2022 on a pledge to build more housing and get things done in Rhode Island’s capital city.

— Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of things

Noun

Salceda was charged with one count of murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
She was given 10 days to surrender her certificate of naturalization, along with any copies in her possession, to government attorneys.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of possession

Noun

That opened the golfer up to having his girlfriend riffle through his belongings in order to make content for social media.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Contractors will continue working in the parking garage over the next four to six weeks before tenants can enter the Empire Towers building to retrieve their belongings, attorneys said.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of belongings

Noun

Some opening day effects are long gone, such as the illusion created by actual shifting doors at the start of the attraction, or visions of tumbling rubble near its beginning.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The progression from vessel impact to environmental damage is clear to see in many cases, said Brian Barnes, who is part of a group of satellite oceanographers at the University of South Florida analyzing the effects of this war from afar.

— Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

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