THING

n. 1 item, (inanimate) object, article, possession They went without leaving a thing behind 2 item, subject, matter, detail, feature, aspect, affair, constituent, element, factor, point There's one thing that I forgot to mention It's a small thing, but I like coffee with my breakfast. 3 fad, trend, fashion Let me show you the latest thing in sports cars 4 feeling, reaction, attitude, sentiment, emotional attachment; quirk, fixation, preoccupation, obsession; fetish or fetich, idée fixe, affection, liking, partiality, predilection, fancy, love, passion, mania; phobia, fear, terror, aversion, loathing, horror, detestation, dislike, Colloq hang-up A chocoholic has a thing about chocolate Pet snakes are not Patricia's thing. Roger has a thing about going out in public. 5 device, item, gadget, object, entity, mechanism, contrivance, apparatus, instrument, utensil, Colloq dingus, doodad, whatchamacallit, thingumajig, whosis, whatsis, thingummy, thingumabob, Chiefly US and Canadian gismo or gizmo Where's the thing that is supposed to hold the flywheel in place? 6 chore, task, responsibility, matter; act, action, deed, activity, proceeding The first thing I must do is to phone home 7 opportunity, chance, possibility See me first thing tomorrow 8 things. a affairs, matters, business, concerns I have to take care of some things at the office today b circumstances, events, happenings Things are rarely what they seem c belongings, luggage, baggage, impedimenta, possessions, paraphernalia, effects, clothes, clothing, goods; equipment, tools, utensils, implements, apparatus, Colloq gear, stuff, Slang Brit clobber, US crap, junk, Taboo slang US shit Take your things and leave at once! The plumber left his things at the shop