thing | a separate and selfontained entity |
living thing animate thing | a living (or once living) entity |
thing | an action, how could you do such a thing? |
near thing | something that barely avoids failure or disaster |
thing | an artifact, how does this thing work? |
thing | an entity that is not named specifically, I couldn't tell what the thing was |
thing | any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence, the thing I like about her is ... |
certainty sure thing foregone conclusion | something that is certain, his victory is a certainty |
real McCoy real thing real stuff | informal usage attributing authenticity |
matter affair thing | a vaguely specified concern, several matters to attend to, it is none of your affair, things are going well |
noumenon thing-in-itself | the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception |
thing | a special abstraction, a thing of the spirit, things of the heart |
thing | a special objective, the thing is to stay in bounds |
thing | a statement regarded as an object, to say the same thing in other terms, how can you say such a thing? |
thing | an event, a funny thing happened on the way to the... |
thing | a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion, he has a thing about seafood, she has a thing about him |
thing | a special situation, this thing has got to end, it is a remarkable thing |
terrific terrifying | causing extreme terror, a terrifying wail |
terrific | very great or intense, a terrific noise, a terrific thunderstorm storm, fought a terrific battle |
a fantastic grand howling(a) marvelous marvellous rattling(a) terrific tremendous wonderful wondrous | extraordinarily good or great , used especially as intensifiers, a fantastic trip to the Orient, the film was fantastic!, a howling success, a marvelous collection of rare books, had a rattling conversation about politics, a tremendous achievement |