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Definition of thing : 1. A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; - often used in pity or contempt.
2. A portion or part; something.
3. A transaction or occurrence; an event; a deed.
4. Alt. of Ting
5. An inanimate object, in distinction from a living being; any lifeless material.
6. Clothes; furniture; appurtenances; luggage; as, to pack or store one's things.
7. In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
8. Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
9. Whatever may be possessed or owned; a property; - distinguished from person.

Synonyms:

findings, occasion, concept, intimation, intent, riddle, materiality, forte, métier, live fully, the personification of something, vogue, sink or swim, uncertainty, clothes, personal property, happen, life expectancy, property, feat, affaire, mark, handiwork, name, production, development, pretension, pardner, character, outfit, egg, form, stiff, opinion, impression, speciality, topic, individual, lifetime, prototype, urchin, trait, patient, universe, ambition, news, bod, event, condition, party, fend for yourself, job, ability, chattel, aim, customer, turnout, fixed asset, person, lifespan, incident, business, faith, effects, figure, machine, cookie, episode, long suit, contrivance, obsession, duck, wight, state of affairs, plan, target, ideal, do something of your own accord, work, honey, asset, action, personage, meaning, enigma, movable, doohickey, mind your own business, creature, duds, means, theory, output, demonstration, valuables, aspiration, bird, enjoy oneself, secret, face, notion, happening, archetype, refugee, commodity, slob, puzzle, situation, human being, climate, head, sister, datum, report, context, position, point, mania, fish, indication, affair, mystery, personal effects, plunder, belonging, fact, mode, rage, fashion, exploit, wretch, commitment, be alone in (doing) something, template, belongings, do, venture, deed, organism, hap, baby, things, information, philosophy, guy, model, intention, stand alone, owned, individuality, detail, environment, sugar, paraphernalia, produce, principle, background, widget, item, example, specialty, style, contraption, social occasion, possession, gimmick, word, thought, effect, rig, do what one likes, instance, characteristic, movables, course, apparatus, lares and penates, attribute, unknown quantity, gear, babe, jigger, personalty, yield, belief, quality, purpose, strong point, mate, element, tramp, perplexity, equipment, be, goods, subject, issue, bro, my man, sort, dream, question, involvement, movement, data, doing, bag, bits and pieces, labor, specimen, strong suit, fruit, case, man, liaison, possessions, concern, furor, tackle, amour, life, stereotype, integer, fad, fetish, end, device, conditions, move, mortal, social function, craze, operation, activity, design, piece, bud, appurtenance, A to Z, sufferer, anything, soul, task, configuration, usual, good, idea, fixation, holdings, objective, accouterment, chattels, trend, gadget, gizmo, everything, go solo, obligation, materiel, existent, act, entity, whole, shape, circumstance, intimacy, doodad, devil, function, bourne, duty, scout

occurrence, existence, presence, reality, subsistence, being

matter, article, stuff, object, something, substance, body, material, unit

Usage examples:

• " Now," he said, " I want you to understand this thing. - "The Greater Power", Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton.
• " It is the only thing we could do," he said. - "Jack O' Judgment", Edgar Wallace.
• It was the only thing I could give them all. - "The Master-Knot of Human Fate", Ellis Meredith.