“thing”

Definitions

• noun

  a special situation

  Synonyms: accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, activities, activity, adventure, affair, affairs, affection, affinity

  • Example:“This thing has got to end.”
  • Example:“It is a remarkable thing.”

• noun

  an action

  • Example:“How could you do such a thing?”

• noun

  a special abstraction

  • Example:“a thing of the spirit”
  • Example:“things of the heart”

• noun

  an artifact

  • Example:“How does this thing work?”

• noun

  an event

  • Example:“A funny thing happened on the way to the …”

• noun

  a vaguely specified concern

  Synonyms: matter, affair

  • Example:“several matters to attend to”
  • Example:“It is none of your affair.”