n. 25B6; noun
the room was full of strange things : OBJECT, article, item, artefact, commodity; device, gadget, instrument, utensil, tool, implement; entity, body; informal doodah, whatsit, whatchamacallit, thingummy, thingy, thingamabob, thingamajig; Brit. informal gubbins; N. Amer. informal doodad, dingus.
I'll come back tomorrow to collect my things : BELONGINGS, possessions, stuff, property, worldly goods, (personal) effects, paraphernalia, bits and pieces, bits and bobs; luggage, baggage, bags; Law goods and chattels; informal gear, junk; Brit. informal clobber.
his gardening things : EQUIPMENT, apparatus, gear, kit, tackle, stuff; implements, tools, utensils; accoutrements.
I've got several things to do today : ACTIVITY, act, action, deed, undertaking, exploit, feat; task, job, chore.
I've got other things on my mind just now : THOUGHT, notion, idea; concern, matter, worry, preoccupation.
I keep remembering things he said : REMARK, statement, comment, utterance, observation, declaration, pronouncement.
quite a few odd things happened : INCIDENT, episode, event, happening, occurrence, phenomenon.
how are things with you? : MATTERS, affairs, circumstances, conditions, relations; state of affairs, situation, life.
one of the things I like about you is your optimism : CHARACTERISTIC, quality, attribute, property, trait, feature, point, aspect, facet.
there's another thing you should know : FACT, piece of information, point, detail, particular, factor.
the thing is, I'm not sure if it's what I want : FACT OF THE MATTER, fact, point, issue, problem.
you lucky thing! : PERSON, soul, creature, wretch; informal devil, beggar, bastard.
Dora developed a thing about noise : PHOBIA, fear, dislike, aversion; obsession, fixation; complex, neurosis; informal hang-up, bee in one's bonnet.
she had a thing about men who wore glasses : PENCHANT, preference, taste, inclination, partiality, predilection, soft spot, weakness, fancy, fondness, liking, love; fetish, obsession, fixation.
books aren't really my thing : WHAT ONE LIKES, what interests one; informal one's cup of tea, one's bag, what turns one on.
it's the latest thing : FASHIONABLE, in fashion, popular, all the rage; informal trendy, cool, big, hip, happening.