item

item

noun

Definition of ITEM

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, component, constituent, element, factor, feature, member; ingredient; division, particle, partition, piece, portion, section, segment

Near Antonyms aggregate, composite, compound, conglomerate; entirety, sum, summation, 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>

Synonyms advice(s), 411 [slang], gen [chiefly British], info, information, intelligence, item, story, tidings, uncos [chiefly Scottish], word

Related Words announcement, bulletin, communication, correspondence, dispatch, message, reportage; dope, lowdown, scoop, tidbit (also titbit), tip; gossip, rumor, tale, tattle; feedback; disinformation, propaganda