Thing definition

Thing as a noun

1. a special situation

   "this thing has got to end"

2. an action

   "how could you do such a thing?"

3. a special abstraction

   "a thing of the spirit"

4. an artifact

   "how does this thing work?"

5. an event

   "a funny thing happened on the way to the …"

6. a vaguely specified concern

   "things are going well"

   Same sense: matter, affair

7. a statement regarded as an object

   "to say the same thing in other terms"

8. an entity that is not named specifically

   "I couldn't tell what the thing was"

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

   "the thing I like about her is …"

10. a special objective

    "the thing is to stay in bounds"

11. a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion

    "he has a thing about seafood"

12. a separate and self-contained entity

Synonyms and antonyms

• matter definition
• affair

How to say thing

Thing has 1 syllable and rhymes with anything. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with thing

• anything
• everything
• bring
• king
• spring
• ring
• wing
• sing
• string
• swing
• modeling
• sting

THING in word games

Scrabble

9

Words With Friends

10

Anagrams

1

Is THING a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check THING in the word checker, or unscramble THING to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.