thing

noun

1. a special situation

   noun.state

   Examples

   This thing has got to end.

   It is a remarkable thing.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. an action

   noun.act

   Examples

   How could you do such a thing?

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. a special abstraction

   noun.cognition

   Examples

   A thing of the spirit.

   Things of the heart.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. an artifact

   noun.artifact

   Examples

   How does this thing work?

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. an event

   noun.event

   Examples

   A funny thing happened on the way to the...

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. a vaguely specified concern

   noun.cognition

   Examples

   Things are going well.

   Synonyms affair matter

   Source: WordNet 3.0

7. a statement regarded as an object

   noun.communication

   Examples

   To say the same thing in other terms.

   How can you say such a thing?

   Source: WordNet 3.0

8. an entity that is not named specifically

   noun.artifact

   Examples

   I couldn't tell what the thing was.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

9. any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence

   noun.attribute

   Examples

   The thing I like about her is ...

   Source: WordNet 3.0

10. a special objective

    noun.cognition

    Examples

    The thing is to stay in bounds.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

11. a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion

    noun.feeling

    Examples

    He has a thing about seafood.

    She has a thing about him.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

12. a separate and self-contained entity

    noun.tops

    Source: WordNet 3.0

13. Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

14. In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly; -- used, esp. in composition, in titles of such bodies. See <u>Legislature</u>, <i>Norway</i>.

    noun

    Source: webster1913