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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of item

1 a separate part in a list, account, or series

  • they remembered to buy all the items on their grocery list except cereal
Synonyms of item

detail, particular, point
Words Related to item

article, belonging, object, stuff, thing

characteristic, component, constituent, element, factor, feature, member

ingredient

division, particle, partition, piece, portion, section, segment
Near Antonyms of item

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 of item

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

announcement, bulletin, communication, correspondence, dispatch, message, reportage

dope, lowdown, scoop, tidbit (also titbit), tip

gossip, rumor, tale, tattle

feedback

disinformation, propaganda

Synonym Discussion of item

item, detail, particular mean one of the distinct parts of a whole. item applies to each thing specified separately in a list or in a group of things that might be listed or enumerated.
    • every item on the list
detail applies to one of the small component parts of a larger whole such as a task, building, painting, narration, or process.
    • leave the details to others
particular stresses the smallness, singleness, and especially the concreteness of a detail or item.
    • a description that included few particulars

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