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thing - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | thing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something felt, seen, perceived |
| Synonyms: | affair, anything, apparatus, article, being, body, business, circumstance, commodity, concept, concern, configuration, contrivance, creature, device, element, entity, everything, existence, fact, figure, form, gadget, goods, implement, individual, information, instrument, item, machine, material, matter, means, mechanism, object, part, person, phenomenon, piece, point, portion, shape, situation, stuff, subject, substance, tool, word, corporeality, existent, materiality |
| Main Entry: | thing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | act |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, action, circumstance, deed, doing, duty, episode, event, eventuality, exploit, feat, happening, incident, job, movement, obligation, occasion, occurrence, phenomenon, proceeding, stunt, task, work |
| Main Entry: | thing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aspect, characteristic |
| Synonyms: | article, attribute, detail, element, facet, factor, feature, item, particular, point, property, quality, statement, thought, trait |
| Main Entry: | thing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea, obsession |
| Synonyms: | attitude, craze, fad, fetish, fixation, hang-up*, idée fixe, impression, mania, notion, opinion, phobia, preoccupation, quirk, style, thought, bee in bonnet |
| Antonyms: | dislike, hate, hatred |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thing/things |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal possessions |
| Synonyms: | apparel, attire, baggage, belongings, clothes, clothing, duds*, effects, equipment, gear, goods, impedimenta, luggage, odds and ends*, paraphernalia, personal effects, property, raiment, stuff, trappings, chattels, habiliments, personals, tricks |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | addiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a habit of activity, often injurious |
| Synonyms: | bag*, bent, craving, enslavement, fixation, hang-up*, hook, inclination, kick*, monkey*, obsession, shot*, sweet tooth*, thing*, dependence, jones, monkey on back |
| Notes: | addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adultery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extramarital affair |
| Synonyms: | affair, cheating, extracurricular activity*, fling, fornication, hanky-panky*, infidelity, matinee*, relationship, thing*, two-timing, carrying on, immorality, playing around |
| Antonyms: | faithfulness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hobby |
| Synonyms: | amusement, diversion, kick*, occupation, pastime, recreation, shot*, sideline, thing*, schtick, side interest |
| Antonyms: | profession, vocation, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | characteristic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | typical feature, trait |
| Synonyms: | affection, aspect, attribute, badge, bag, bearing, bent, caliber, cast, complexion, component, disposition, distinction, earmark, endowment, essence, essential, faculty, flavor, frame, idiosyncrasy, inclination, individuality, mannerism, mark, mood, nature, originality, peculiarity, personality, point, property, quality, specialty, streak, stripe, style, symptom, temperament, tendency, thing, tinge, tone, trademark, turn, virtue, differentia, lineament, particularity, singularity, thumbprint |
| Antonyms: | abnormality |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | commodity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | merchandise, possession |
| Synonyms: | article, asset, belonging, chattel, goods, line, material, object, produce, product, property, specialty, stock, thing, vendible, ware |
| Main Entry: | doing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, act, action, deed, execution, exploit, handiwork, performance, performing, thing, accomplishing, achieving, carrying out, implementation |
| Main Entry: | doodad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | contraption, contrivance, doohickey*, object, thing, thingamajig*, widget, gismo, thingamabob, whatchamacallit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doohickey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | contraption, contrivance, doodad*, object, thing, thingamajig*, widget, gismo, thingamabob, whatchamacallit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | episode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure; scene |
| Synonyms: | affair, business, chapter, circumstance, doings, event, experience, goings-on, happening, incident, installment, interlude, matter, occasion, occurrence, part, passage, section, thing*, what's going down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | factor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | determinant |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, aid, antecedent, aspect, board, cause, circumstance, component, consideration, constituent, element, fixin's, influence, ingredient, instrument, instrumentality, item, makin's, means, part, part and parcel, point, portion, thing |
| Main Entry: | fad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | craze |
| Synonyms: | affectation, amusement, caprice, chic, conceit, cry, custom, dernier cri, eccentricity, fancy, fantasy, fashion, frivolity, furor, hobby, humor, innovation, kick, kink, mania, mode, passion, quirk, rage, sport, style, thing, trend, vagary, vogue, whim, whimsy, wrinkle, fool notion, in, in thing, latest word, new look, newest wrinkle, passing fancy |
| Antonyms: | standard, tradition |
| Main Entry: | fascination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | strong interest |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal, attraction, bug*, charisma, charm, enchantment, glamour, hang-up*, lure, magic, magnetism, obsession, piquancy, power, pull*, sorcery, spell, thing*, trance, witchcraft, enthrallment, grabber, thing for, witchery |
| Antonyms: | boredom, disinterest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fixation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obsession |
| Synonyms: | addiction, case, complex, craze, crush, fascination, fetish, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, preoccupation, thing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | forte |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's strong point |
| Synonyms: | ability, aptitude, competence, effectiveness, efficiency, faculty, gift*, long suit*, métier, medium, strength, strong suit*, talent, thing*, ableness, eminency, oyster*, speciality |
| Antonyms: | weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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