thing
1. a special situation (Freq. 72)
- this thing has got to end
- it is a remarkable thing
• Hypernyms:
situation, state of affairs
2. an action (Freq. 52)
- how could you do such a thing?
• Hypernyms:
action
3. a special abstraction (Freq. 36)
- a thing of the spirit
- things of the heart
• Hypernyms:
abstraction, abstract
4. an artifact (Freq. 36)
- how does this thing work?
• Hypernyms:
artifact, artefact
• Hyponyms:
flagship, pill, snorter, standby, variation, wobbler
5. an event (Freq. 32)
- a funny thing happened on the way to the...
• Hypernyms:
happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
• Hyponyms:
feast
6. a vaguely specified concern (Freq. 32)
- several matters to attend to
- it is none of your affair
- things are going well
• Syn:
matter, affair
• Hypernyms:
concern
• Hyponyms:
least
7. a statement regarded as an object (Freq. 26)
- to say the same thing in other terms
- how can you say such a thing?
• Hypernyms:
statement
8. an entity that is not named specifically (Freq. 26)
- I couldn't tell what the thing was
• Hypernyms:
entity
• Hyponyms:
change, freshener, horror, jimdandy, jimhickey,
crackerjack, pacifier, security blanket, stinker, whacker, whopper
9. any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence (Freq. 20)
- the thing I like about her is ...
• Hypernyms:
attribute
10. a special objective (Freq. 4)
- the thing is to stay in bounds
• Hypernyms:
aim, object, objective, target
11. a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
- he has a thing about seafood
- she has a thing about him
• Hypernyms:
feeling
12. a separate and self-contained entity
• Hypernyms:
physical entity
• Hyponyms:
subject, content, depicted object, body of water, water,
inessential, nonessential, necessity, essential, requirement, requisite,
necessary, part, piece, reservoir, source, unit,
building block, variable
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