thing

thing
n
1. object, article, something, anything, it; substance, element, solid, stuff; lump of matter, matter, lump, blob; constituent, component, ingredient, building block; unit, monad, particle; entity, being, organism, creature, animal; indescribable something, Fr. je ne sais quoi; substantiality, materiality, individuality, corporeity, corporeality, hyle; physicality, embodiment, incarnation.
2. item, gadget, device, contrivance, mechanism, apparatus, Fr. quelque chose. bird in the hand; widget, hickey, what's-its-name, gimmick; All Inf. doohickey, dingus, dojigger, jigger, dofunny, do-hinkey, dow-hackey; gizmo, fandangle, flumadiddle; contraption, whachamacallit, thingumajig, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadoodle, Australian. doover.
3. things
matters, affairs, relations; business, concerns, work; doings, dealings, works, proceedings, operations, goings-on.
4. circumstance, situation, state of affairs, turn of events, course of events, conditions; fact, phenomenon, experience, matter, case; event, occurrence, incident, doing; happening, hap, episode, occasion.
5. action, deed, act, performance, feat; turn, exploit, move, coup, blow, stroke; adventure, proceeding, undertaking, endeavor, effort; accomplishment, achievement, doing, enterprise, measure, step.
6. particular, detail, instance, particularity, factor; item, point, special point, element, facet, minor detail, incidental detail, minutia; respect, feature, regard, aspect, reference, bearing, look.
7. aim, objective, goal, object, point, idea, purpose; intent, intention, design, scheme; end purpose, end in view, ultimate aim; implication, meaningfulness, significance, purport; ambition, view, desideration.
8. things
a. utensils, tools, implements, articles, equipment; impedimenta, oddments, paraphernalia.b. belongings, possessions, effects, Law. choses, property; bags, baggage, luggage; goods, gear, kit, stuff, tackle, outfit; chattels, appurtenances, furnishings, parcels; accouterments, fittings, fixtures; equipage, Law. personalty.c. clothes, clothing, dress, raiment, wear, habit; wardrobe, Inf. togs, Inf. toggery, Inf. duds, Inf. threads, Sl. getup, rig, Brit. fig; garments, apparel, array, costume, attire; vestment, vesture, rigging, trappings, finery.
9. chore, task, job, duty, odd job; charge, assignment, detail, commission; errand, mission, project, service; homework, busywork, housework, yardwork, spadework, make-work.
10.Informal. quirk, phobia, Fr. idee fixe. superstition; fixation, obsession, crotchet; fear, mania, paranoia; dislike, aversion, distaste, loathing; terror, horror, abomination, consternation, trepidation.
11.Slang. liking, fancy, predilection, predisposition, preference, Inf. weakness; taste, bent, prejudice, partiality; inclination, tendency, leaning; Sl. bag, Inf. cup of tea.

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