thing

Nouns

  • (n) a special situation
    • this thing has got to end
    • it is a remarkable thing
  • (n) an action
    • how could you do such a thing?
  • (n) a special abstraction
    • a thing of the spirit
    • things of the heart
  • (n) an artifact
    • how does this thing work?
  • (n) an event
    • a funny thing happened on the way to the...
  • (n) a vaguely specified concern
    • several matters to attend to
    • it is none of your affair
    • things are going well
    affair, matter,
  • (n) a statement regarded as an object
    • to say the same thing in other terms
    • how can you say such a thing?
  • (n) an entity that is not named specifically
    • I couldn't tell what the thing was
  • (n) any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
    • the thing I like about her is ...
  • (n) a special objective
    • the thing is to stay in bounds
  • (n) a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
    • he has a thing about seafood
    • she has a thing about him
  • (n) a separate and self-contained entity

Synonyms

affair matter

Words of close approximity

think
thin
thick thief thigh thill think third
thingamabob thingamajig thing-in-itself thingmabob thingmajig things thingumabob thingumajig thingummy