Entry Word: item

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a separate part in a list, account, or series <she got all the items on her grocery list except cereal>

Synonyms detail, particular, point

Related Words article, belonging, object, stuff, thing; characteristic, constituent, element, feature; ingredient; division, particle, piece, portion, section, segment

Near Antonyms aggregate, composite, compound, conglomerate; entirety, sum, total, totality, whole

2 a report of recent events or facts not previously known <our next item is about the blizzard blanketing the East Coast> — see news