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plural of object
Synonyms & Antonyms of objects
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
something material that can be perceived by the senses
- I kept tripping over countless little objects scattered about the darkened room
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- dinguses,
- doohickeys
- (also doohickies),
- thingamabobs,
- thingamajigs
- (or thingumajigs),
- thingummies,
- whatchamacallits,
- whatnots
- accessories
- (also accessaries),
- accompaniments,
- baubles,
- curios
- gauds,
- gewgaws
- (also geegaws),
- knickknacks
- (also nicknacks),
- novelties,
- ornamentals,
- spangles,
- tokens,
- trinkets
2
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
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3
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish
- the object of this course is to teach you algebra
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objects
verb
present tense third-person singular of object
Synonyms & Antonyms of objects (Entry 2 of 2)
to present an opposing opinion or argument
- they objected to the conductor's insistence that their train tickets were not valid
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- beefs,
- bellyaches,
- bitches,
- bleats,
- carps,
- caterwauls,
- complains,
- crabs,
- croaks,
- fusses,
- gripes,
- grizzles,
- grouches,
- grouses,
- growls,
- grumbles,
- grumps,
- hollers,
- keens,
- maunders
- [chiefly British],
- moans,
- murmurs,
- mutters,
- nags,
- repines,
- screams,
- squawks,
- squeals,
- wails,
- whimpers,
- whines,
- whinges
- [British],
- yammers,
- yawps
- (or yaups),
- yowls
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“Objects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/objects. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.
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