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thing
Overview of noun thing
The noun thing has 12 senses (first 10 from tagged texts)
1. (404) thing -- (a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing")
2. (279) thing -- (an action; "how could you do such a thing?")
3. (224) thing -- (an artifact; "how does this thing work?")
4. (114) thing -- (an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the...")
5. (110) thing -- (a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?")
6. (110) thing -- (any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence; "the thing I like about her is ...")
7. (108) thing -- (a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart")
8. (95) matter, affair, thing -- (a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well")
9. (67) thing -- (an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell what the thing was")
10. (34) thing -- (a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds")
11. thing -- (a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him")
12. thing -- (a separate and self-contained entity)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun thing
12 senses of thing
Sense 1
thing
=> situation, state of affairs
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
thing
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
thing
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 4
thing
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
thing
=> statement
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
thing
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
thing
=> abstraction, abstract
=> concept, conception, construct
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
matter, affair, thing
=> concern
=> interest, involvement
=> curiosity, wonder
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
thing
=> entity
Sense 10
thing
=> aim, object, objective, target
=> goal, end
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 11
thing
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 12
thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun thing
5 of 12 senses of thing
Sense 3
thing
=> flagship
=> pill
=> snorter
=> standby
=> variation
=> wobbler
Sense 4
thing
=> feast
Sense 8
matter, affair, thing
=> least
Sense 9
thing
=> change
=> freshener
=> horror
=> jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack
=> security blanket
=> stinker
=> whacker, whopper
Sense 12
thing
=> anything
=> something
=> nothing, nonentity
=> subject, content, depicted object
=> body of water, water
=> inessential, nonessential
=> necessity, essential, requirement, requisite, necessary
=> part, piece
=> reservoir, source
=> unit, building block
=> variable
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun thing
12 senses of thing
Sense 1
thing
=> situation, state of affairs
Sense 2
thing
=> action
Sense 3
thing
=> artifact, artefact
Sense 4
thing
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
Sense 5
thing
=> statement
Sense 6
thing
=> attribute
Sense 7
thing
=> abstraction, abstract
Sense 8
matter, affair, thing
=> concern
Sense 9
thing
=> entity
Sense 10
thing
=> aim, object, objective, target
Sense 11
thing
=> feeling
Sense 12
thing
=> physical entity
Antonyms of noun thing
Member Holonyms of noun thing
Substance Holonyms of noun thing
Part Holonyms of noun thing
Member Meronyms of noun thing
Substance Meronyms of noun thing
Part Meronyms of noun thing
Meronyms of noun thing
Holonyms of noun thing
Attributes of noun thing
Derived Forms of noun thing
Domain of noun thing
Domain Terms of noun thing
Familiarity of noun thing
thing used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =12)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun thing
12 senses of thing
Sense 1
thing
> situation, state of affairs
=> absurd, the absurd
=> acceptance
=> ballgame, new ballgame
=> challenge
=> childlessness
=> complication
=> crowding
=> disequilibrium
=> element
=> environment
=> equilibrium
=> exclusion
=> goldfish bowl, fish bowl, fishbowl
=> hotbed
=> inclusion
=> intestacy
=> picture, scene
=> prison, prison house
=> rejection
=> size, size of it
=> square one
=> status quo
=> thing
Sense 2
thing
> action
=> thing
=> kindness, benignity
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> alienation
=> res gestae
=> course, course of action
=> interaction
=> fetch
=> playing
=> play, swordplay
=> arrival
=> performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action
=> choice, selection, option, pick
=> change
=> economy, saving
=> prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance
=> resistance, opposition
=> bruxism
=> transfusion
=> pickings, taking
=> transgression
=> aggression, hostility
=> destabilization, destabilisation
=> employment, engagement
=> reference, consultation
=> emphasizing, accenting, accentuation
=> beatification
=> jumpstart, jump-start
=> stupefaction
=> vampirism
Sense 3
thing
> artifact, artefact
=> article
=> facility
=> Americana
=> anachronism
=> antiquity
=> block
=> button
=> commodity, trade good, good
=> cone
=> covering
=> creation
=> decker
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation
=> electroplate
=> enclosure
=> excavation
=> extra, duplicate
=> fabric, cloth, material, textile
=> facility, installation
=> fixture
=> float
=> insert, inset
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> lemon, stinker
=> line
=> marker
=> mystification
=> opening
=> padding, cushioning
=> plaything, toy
=> ready-made
=> restoration
=> sheet, flat solid
=> sphere
=> square
=> squeaker
=> strip, slip
=> structure, construction
=> surface
=> thing
=> track
=> way
=> weight
=> building material
=> paving material
Sense 4
thing
> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence
=> avalanche
=> experience
=> trouble
=> treat
=> miracle
=> wonder, marvel
=> thing
=> episode
=> eventuality, contingency, contingence
=> beginning
=> ending, conclusion, finish
=> one-off
=> periodic event, recurrent event
=> change, alteration, modification
=> error, computer error
=> accident, fortuity, chance event
=> fire
=> incident
=> discharge
=> case, instance, example
=> movement, motion
=> failure
=> success
=> appearance
=> destiny, fate
=> disappearance
=> disappearance
=> contact, impinging, striking
=> finish
=> interruption, break
=> sound
=> union
=> news event
=> flash
=> convergence
=> juncture, occasion
=> outburst, burst, flare-up
=> outbreak, eruption, irruption
=> reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye
=> boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
=> crash, collapse
=> supervention
Sense 5
thing
> statement
=> summary, sum-up
=> pleading
=> amendment
=> thing
=> truth, true statement
=> description, verbal description
=> declaration
=> announcement, proclamation, annunciation, declaration
=> Bill of Rights
=> formula
=> mathematical statement
=> bid, bidding
=> word
=> explanation, account
=> explicandum, explanandum
=> explanans
=> value statement
=> representation
=> solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
=> answer, reply, response
=> announcement, promulgation
=> prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
=> proposition
=> quotation
=> falsehood, falsity, untruth
=> understatement
=> reservation, qualification
=> cautious statement
=> comment, commentary
=> remark, comment
=> rhetorical question
=> misstatement
=> restatement
=> agreement, understanding
=> condition, term
=> estimate
=> formula, chemical formula
=> representation
=> declaration
=> assurance
=> recital
=> negation
Sense 6
thing
> attribute
=> state
=> shape, form
=> time
=> space, infinite
=> human nature
=> trait
=> character
=> thing
=> common denominator
=> personality
=> cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine
=> uncheerfulness
=> ballast
=> ethos
=> eidos
=> quality
=> property
=> inheritance, heritage
Sense 7
thing
> abstraction, abstract
=> right
=> absolute
=> teacher
=> thing
Sense 8
matter, affair, thing
> concern
=> worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth
=> matter, affair, thing
=> personal business, personal matters, affairs
=> part
=> point of honor
Sense 9
thing
> entity
=> physical entity
=> abstract entity
=> thing
Sense 10
thing
> aim, object, objective, target
=> grail
=> business
=> point
=> thing
Sense 11
thing
> feeling
=> affect
=> emotion
=> thing
=> glow
=> faintness
=> soul, soulfulness
=> passion, passionateness
=> sentiment
=> complex
=> ambivalence, ambivalency
=> apathy
=> desire
=> sex, sexual urge
=> pleasure, pleasance
=> pain, painfulness
=> pang, stab, twinge
=> liking
=> dislike
=> gratitude
=> ingratitude, ungratefulness
=> unconcern
=> shame
=> pride, pridefulness
=> humility, humbleness
=> astonishment, amazement
=> devastation
=> expectation
=> levity
=> gravity, solemnity
=> sensitivity, sensitiveness
=> agitation
=> calmness
=> fearlessness, bravery
=> happiness
=> sadness, unhappiness
=> hope
=> despair
=> affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmness, warmheartedness, philia
=> temper, mood, humor, humour
=> sympathy, fellow feeling
=> enthusiasm
Sense 12
thing
> physical entity
=> thing
=> object, physical object
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> substance, matter
=> process, physical process
Meronyms of noun thing
12 senses of thing
Sense 3
thing
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun thing
Grep of noun thing
abdominal breathing
alternative birthing
animate thing
anything
article of clothing
bathing
bed clothing
birthing
breathing
civilian clothing
clothing
do-nothing
earthing
farthing
good-for-nothing
know nothing
living thing
loathing
man's clothing
near thing
nothing
periodic breathing
plaything
real thing
sea bathing
sheathing
sleuthing
something
sun bathing
sure thing
swathing
teething
thing
thing-in-itself
thingamabob
thingamajig
thingmabob
thingmajig
things
thingumabob
thingumajig
thingummy
thirty-something
underclothing
woman's clothing
work-clothing
Grep of adj thing
air-breathing
all-or-nothing
breathing
do-nothing
frothing
good-for-nothing
scathing
seething
soothing
writhing
Grep of adv thing
for anything
for one thing
nothing
out of nothing
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