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. Justin Bamberg:

   It is really infuriating, to be honest. There's no real way to downplay South Carolina, people don't know the depth of this thing.

2. Brian Castner:

   In some ways it's more of the same, and in some ways, it's going to be even more so lack of oversight, challenges with intelligence, and more of these cases where they may or may not have hit the right thing.

3. Keith Kinsman:

   It’s absolutely a good idea if you or someone you know is struggling [ with addiction ], you should get naloxone and attend training on how to use it, people say it enables [ drug ] use, but the only thing it enables is breathing. People who are ‘ dope-sick ’ ca n’t recover if they die, and recovery is absolutely more possible now than ever before.

4. Christopher Rufo:

   Steve Squeri, we see you. We're going to keep coming after you. We're going to be exposing American Express. We're going to be directly attacking your company's reputation, change your policies. Make an announcement. Protect your employees from racialist harassment and abuse in the workplace. And if not, organizations like Color of United … We're going to be going after your brand identity and perception in a relentless way, so you have a final chance to do the right thing, and if not, I think you’re going to see very quickly the reputation of your company going downward in a bad direction.

5. Jimmy Kimmel:

   It's a terrifying thing, you know, my wife is back in the recovery room, she has no idea what's going on and I'm standing in the middle of a lot of worried looking people -- kind of like right now -- who were trying to figure out what the problem is.