thing

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

2. 2noun

   An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.

3. 3noun

   A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.

4. 4noun

   A portion or part; something.

5. 5noun

   A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.

6. 6noun

   Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.

7. 7noun

   Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; -- distinguished from person.

8. 8noun

   In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.

9. 9noun

   a separate and self-contained entity

10. 10noun

    an action

    "how could you do such a thing?"

11. 11noun

    an artifact

    "how does this thing work?"

12. 12noun

    an entity that is not named specifically

    "I couldn't tell what the thing was"

13. 13noun

    any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence

    "the thing I like about her is ..."

14. 14noun

    a vaguely specified concern

    "several matters to attend to"

    "it is none of your affair"

    Synonyms

    affairmatter
15. 15noun

    a special abstraction

    "a thing of the spirit"

    "things of the heart"

16. 16noun

    a special objective

    "the thing is to stay in bounds"

17. 17noun

    a statement regarded as an object

    "to say the same thing in other terms"

    "how can you say such a thing?"

18. 18noun

    an event

    "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."

19. 19noun

    a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion

    "he has a thing about seafood"

    "she has a thing about him"

20. 20noun

    a special situation

    "this thing has got to end"

    "it is a remarkable thing"