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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Camden Webb:

   I think there are two factors chiefly in play – one is that a lot of folks in the banking industry don’t understand the firearms industry, but I also think that it was the regulatory environment that identified the industry as riskier than others, but now, as I ’m talking to banker friends about the industry, they are much more willing to learn about the industry and address that knowledge gap and I think that’s a great thing.

2. Louis Leterrier:

   Let's just not serve our kind, the fans, exactly the same thing that we had, let's just go further. Let's widen the world ; let's tell a much bigger story.

3. Christopher Ryan Heanue:

   The beautiful thing is that this woman found in this church - which is supposed to be a home for those in need - this home for her child, a young couple in our parish would love to adopt this child and keep this gift in our community. It would make a great Christmas miracle.

4. Alan Kaufman:

   This shows you that what you start out to do is not always what you end up with, so, we decided to go back to the design table and listen to our customers, which is the most important thing.

5. The Toebbes:

   You know, they went to school here locally in our community, and everybody feels like, what’s going to happen to them? i think that’s the other thing, other than just how horrific what they did or allegedly did was.