THINGS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

things

noun

plural of thing

as in stuff

transportable items that one owns gather your things and get out

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Recent Examples of things Born in 1888, Jim Casey spent his life, starting at the tender age of eleven, thinking about how to deliver things more efficiently. — Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026 New York — Brett Smiley was elected mayor of Providence in 2022 on a pledge to build more housing and get things done in Rhode Island’s capital city. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026 Guys got to go from their locker room right into recovery and those different things. — Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2026 Aranda had been under pressure to turn things around in his seventh season. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 But in reality, this all suggests bad things about the Dolphins and the Jets in the macro sense, my friends. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Perhaps there’s things within yourself that are not entirely admirable. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026 Which brings us back to the list of things that lasted longer than Zacharia’s term as White House Press Secretary. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026 The wide-leg pants keep things relaxed, and the ruched waist on the knit top adds shape and makes the whole look feel more polished than a standard sweatshirt set. — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2026

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Noun

That's the stuff that my opponent has voted for at the state capital.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
On the sweet side, several of our editors adore Coop’s dessert sauces, which far exceed the usual grocery store stuff.

— Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of stuff

Noun

That opened the golfer up to having his girlfriend riffle through his belongings in order to make content for social media.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Contractors will continue working in the parking garage over the next four to six weeks before tenants can enter the Empire Towers building to retrieve their belongings, attorneys said.

— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of belongings

Noun

Salceda was charged with one count of murder and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
She was given 10 days to surrender her certificate of naturalization, along with any copies in her possession, to government attorneys.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of possession

Noun

Some opening day effects are long gone, such as the illusion created by actual shifting doors at the start of the attraction, or visions of tumbling rubble near its beginning.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The progression from vessel impact to environmental damage is clear to see in many cases, said Brian Barnes, who is part of a group of satellite oceanographers at the University of South Florida analyzing the effects of this war from afar.

— Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of effects

Noun

For us runners at Vogue, finding the right race day fit, or even just the perfect daily gear, can feel overwhelming.

— Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Instead, her attackers started ripping her gear off her body – her camera bag, her lenses, her pouch containing her American passport, credit cards, documents and other items.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

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