Synonyms for thing
θɪŋthing

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1. thingnoun

   Synonyms:
   yoke, Ireland, item, stuff, uncountable

2. thingnoun

   A living being or creature.

   Synonyms:
   uncountable, item, Ireland, stuff, yoke

3. thingnoun

   That which matters; the crux.

   Synonyms:
   item, yoke, stuff, uncountable, Ireland

4. thingnoun

   A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.

   Synonyms:
   item, stuff, yoke, Ireland, uncountable

5. thingnoun

   That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.

   Synonyms:
   Ireland, stuff, yoke, uncountable, item

6. thingnoun

   A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.

   Synonyms:
   Ireland, item, stuff, uncountable, yoke

7. thingnoun

   An individual object or distinct entity.

   Synonyms:
   uncountable, stuff, item, yoke, Ireland

8. thingnoun

   whatever can be owned.

   Synonyms:
   uncountable, stuff, item, Ireland, yoke

9. thingnoun

   The latest fad or fashion.

   Synonyms:
   item, yoke, uncountable, stuff, Ireland

10. thingnoun

    clothes, possessions or equipment.

    Synonyms:
    uncountable, yoke, stuff, Ireland, item

11. thingnoun

    A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.

    Synonyms:
    stuff, uncountable, item, Ireland, yoke

12. thingnoun

    A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.

    The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.

    Synonyms:
    Ireland, yoke, stuff, uncountable, item

13. thingnoun

    A penis.

    Synonyms:
    item, uncountable, stuff, Ireland, yoke

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thingnoun

   a special situation

   "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"

   Synonyms:
   affair, matter

2. thingnoun

   an action

   "how could you do such a thing?"

   Synonyms:
   affair, matter

3. thingnoun

   a special abstraction

   "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"

   Synonyms:
   affair, matter

4. thingnoun

   an artifact

   "how does this thing work?"

   Synonyms:
   affair, matter

5. thingnoun

   an event

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

   Synonyms:
   affair, matter

6. matter, affair, thingnoun

   a vaguely specified concern

   "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"

   Synonyms:
   issue, liaison, affaire, affair, topic, intimacy, function, social occasion, social function, matter, amour, subject, involvement, occasion

7. thingnoun

   a statement regarded as an object

   "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"

   Synonyms:
   affair, matter

8. thingnoun

   an entity that is not named specifically

   "I couldn't tell what the thing was"

   Synonyms:
   affair, matter

9. thingnoun

   any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence

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

   Synonyms:
   affair, matter

10. thingnoun

    a special objective

    "the thing is to stay in bounds"

    Synonyms:
    affair, matter

11. thingnoun

    a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion

    "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"

    Synonyms:
    affair, matter

12. thingnoun

    a separate and self-contained entity

    Synonyms:
    affair, matter

Matched Categories

1. • Abstraction
   • Action
   • Aim
   • Artifact
   • Attribute
   • Concern
   • Entity
   • Feeling
   • Happening
   • Situation
   • Statement

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. thingnoun

   Synonyms:
   being (animate or inanimate), creature, substance, body, object, created being

2. thingnoun

   Synonyms:
   inanimate object, lump of matter, lifeless substance

3. thingnoun

   Synonyms:
   event, transaction, deed, act, action, occurrence, circumstance, matter

4. thingnoun

   Synonyms:
   part, portion, something

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1. thingnoun

   Synonyms:
   object, article

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "thing":

   stuff, something, trick, ding, asia, matter, point, thingy, anything, aspect, things, issue, element, contraption, thingthat, shit, ding-dong, gimmick, nothing

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How to use thing in a sentence?

1. Caitlin Cedfeldt:

   But any sort of limitation on evictions is a good thing now, it will buy my clients time they need to get their rental assistance processed.

2. Anne Bouverot:

   The really difficult thing to do with 4G today is to transmit a huge amount of 3D data in real time and to be able to act on it, you can't do it today but that's something we'd want to try and be able to do with 5G.

3. Pat Roberts:

   Any time Judge Garland disagrees, you know you're in a difficult area, and the function of his dissent, to make us focus on what we were deciding and to make sure that we felt we were doing the right thing, I think was well-served. But Judge Garland disagreed, and so it's obviously, to me, a case on which reasonable judges can disagree.

4. Farrell Allen:

   I wake up every morning and the first thing I do is have a 10-ounce glass of water from the tap or slightly warmed with a twist of lemon, it is my go-to to help me start the day.

5. Sandra Sandoli:

   It felt a little surreal, the simplest thing like taking a walk was the biggest deal.