thing

thing

noun

Definition of THING

1

a member of the human race <you poor thing, you must be exhausted>

Synonyms baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight

Related Words hominid, homo, humanoid; brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor; celebrity, personality, self, somebody

Near Antonyms animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

2

one that has a real and independent existence <the thing to which the subject of the sentence refers>

Synonyms being, commodity, existent, individual, individuality, integer, object, reality, something, substance, thing

Related Words body, subject; material, matter, quantity, stuff

Near Antonyms nonentity

3

something done by someone <one of the things you can do is to help me clean up>

Synonyms act, deed, doing, exploit, feat, thing

Related Words accomplishment, achievement, attainment; adventure, experience; emprise, enterprise, initiative, undertaking; handiwork, performance, work; stunt, trick; activity, dealing; maneuver, measure, move, operation, procedure, proceeding, step, tactic; coaction

4

something material that can be perceived by the senses <can you hand me that thing over there?>

Synonyms thing

Related Words article, item, piece; being, entity, substance; commodity, good, ware; dingus, doohickey, thingamabob, thingamajig (or thingumajig), thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatnot; accessory (also accessary), accompaniment, bauble, curio; gaud, gewgaw (also geegaw), knickknack (also nicknack), novelty, ornamental, spangle, token, trinket

5

something produced by physical or intellectual effort <just the latest thing from her fertile imagination>

Synonyms affair, fruit, handiwork, labor, output, produce, production, thing, work, yield

Related Words article, commodity, entry, object; goods, line, merchandise, wares; handcraft, handicraft; aftereffect, aftermath, conclusion, consequence, corollary, development, effect, issue, outcome, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, upshot; by-product, derivative, offshoot, offspring, outgrowth, residual, side effect (also side reaction), spin-off

6

something that happens <the burglary was just one of those things that can happen anywhere>

Synonyms affair, circumstance, episode, hap, happening, incident, occasion, occurrence, thing

Related Words coincidence, co-occurrence, fluke, freak; landmark, milepost, milestone, page, phenomenon, turning point; adventure, experience, time; happenchance, happenstance; accident, crisis, emergency, juncture; achievement, deed, exploit, feat; news, tidings

7

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish <the important thing is that we get the project back on schedule>

Synonyms aim, ambition, aspiration, bourne (also bourn), design, dream, end, idea, ideal, intent, intention, mark, meaning, object, objective, plan, point, pretension, purpose, target, thing

Related Words grail, holy grail; plot, project, scheme; desire, hope, mind, wish; nirvana; destination, terminus

Near Antonyms means, method, way

8

something to be dealt with <I have lots of things to do this afternoon>

Synonyms affair, business, thing

Related Words consideration, issue, problem; crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, emergency, exigency, flash point, head, juncture, strait, zero hour; concern, trouble, worry; care, lookout, responsibility; deadlock, halt, impasse, stalemate, standstill; corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, pickle, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot

things pltransportable items that one owns <gather your things and get out>

Synonyms belongings, chattels, duds, effects, gear, goods, holdings, movables (or moveables), paraphernalia, personal effects, personal property, personalty, plunder [chiefly dialect], stuff, things

Related Words treasures, valuables; appointments, fixtures, furnishings; estate, property, tangibles; collateral

Near Antonyms immovables, real estate

10

something for which a person shows a special talent <math just isn't my thing>

Synonyms long suit, métier (also metier), speciality, specialty, strong suit, thing

Related Words area, arena, bailiwick, business, circle, demesne, department, discipline, domain, fief, fiefdom, field, line, precinct, province, realm, sphere, terrain; element; aptitude, aptness, bent, faculty, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent; pursuit, racket, vocation; inclination, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, propensity, tendency