Synonyms of objects

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noun

plural of object

1

as in things

something material that can be perceived by the senses

I kept tripping over countless little objects scattered about the darkened room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• things
• items
• pieces
• entities
• substances
• articles
• commodities
• wares
• goods
• beings
• baubles
• tokens
• accessories
• knickknacks
• trinkets
• novelties
• accompaniments
• curios
• ornamentals
• gewgaws
• thingamajigs
• spangles
• thingummies
• thingamabobs
• dinguses
• doohickeys
• gauds
• whatnots
• whatchamacallits

2

as in entities

one that has a real and independent existence

trying to determine whether communication with the dead is an object for study, a hoax, or a figment of the imagination

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entities
• things
• substances
• realities
• individuals
• commodities
• beings
• individualities
• existents
• subjects
• bodies
• integers
• materials
• matters
• quantities
• stuff

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonentities

3

as in purposes

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish

the object of this course is to teach you algebra

Synonyms & Similar Words

• purposes
• goals
• plans
• ideas
• objectives
• aims
• intentions
• things
• intents
• ambitions
• dreams
• meanings
• aspirations
• targets
• designs
• points
• ideals
• pretensions
• projects
• bournes
• marks
• ends
• hopes
• desires
• schemes
• wishes
• minds
• destinations
• plots
• holy grails
• grails
• nirvanas
• termini

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• means
• methods
• ways

objects

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verb

present tense third-person singular of object

as in protests

to present an opposing opinion or argument

they objected to the conductor's insistence that their train tickets were not valid

Synonyms & Similar Words

• protests
• complains
• excepts
• takes issue
• kicks
• expostulates
• takes exception
• conflicts
• remonstrates (with)
• demurs
• sticks
• whines
• debates
• challenges
• quarrels
• moans
• fights
• disputes
• quibbles
• rebels
• squabbles
• criticizes
• wrangles
• bitches
• dares
• crabs
• cavils
• gripes
• gags
• grouses
• beefs
• repines
• squawks
• screams
• murmurs
• hassles
• grumbles
• balks
• squeals
• growls
• defies
• nags
• withstands
• wails
• whinges
• censures
• mutters
• maunders
• yowls
• bellyaches
• grouches
• hollers
• disobeys
• whimpers
• demonstrates
• caterwauls
• bleats
• keens
• denounces
• yammers
• carps
• grumps
• grizzles
• fusses
• yawps
• croaks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approves
• accepts
• sanctions
• minds
• follows
• agrees
• conforms
• observes
• obeys
• advocates
• supports
• adheres
• complies
• maintains
• sustains
• defends
• assents
• accedes
• upholds
• acquiesces
• cheers
• champions
• commends
• applauds

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of objects

Noun

Throughout the building, a selection of artworks and unique objects is meant to reflect the house’s longstanding relationship with British creativity and the arts. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

In one instance, a simple game of catch later evolved into variations that included multiple objects, timing rules, and even juggling. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026

One of the most celebrated objects from the India Museum is a mechanical wooden sculpture of a ferocious tiger gnawing at a British soldier’s throat. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Videos posted on social media show deputies also used pepper spray as race attendees surrounded them and threw objects. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2026

Two fireballs, seen over the Czech Republic in 2013 and Australia in 2016, were traced back to objects that had been in geocentric orbits. — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026

The objects of female desire—boy bands, teen idols, soap opera characters, suspiciously close hockey players—have always been subject to ridicule. — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026

However, larger objects and components made from heat-resistant materials can sometimes reach the ground. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

The Atlas Group primed viewers to read his documents as unstable, but the later work asks them to contend with shrunken objects, resurrected paintings, and vampires lurking in the archive. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Verb

Because light obeys a superposition principle even under classical physics, this experimental breakthrough doesn’t imply that Schrödinger’s equation necessarily applies to objects 12,900 kilometers wide. — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

To that point, Wrigley View Rooftop objects to some of the media coverage of the litigation. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Of course, even objects orders of magnitude smaller than the object that created the Chicxulub crater can pose a danger to Earth. — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026

There is new photography by Chris Rhodes and Edward Rollitt, while guest artists, designers, photographers, cooks and collectors have been invited to share their work, tables and objects that matter to them. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Matthew tries to take his son hunting, to which Woody morally objects. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026

Today, his lab is building a larger version of the QGI experiment that puts nanodiamonds into the same superposition—objects 10 orders of magnitude heavier than atoms, massive enough to warp spacetime around themselves. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Roberts disagreed with the majority of his colleagues about whether the National Trust for Historic Preservation – which objects to the design of the ballroom – can meet the legal standard for showing it would be sufficiently harmed by the project. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Unless, of course, your Dad, King Charles — Canada’s technical head of state — really objects. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026