thing

[1]	item , (inanimate) object , article , possession
[2]	item , subject , matter , detail , feature , aspect , affair , constituent , element , factor , point
[3]	fad , trend , fashion
[4]	feeling , reaction , attitude , sentiment , emotional attachment , quirk , fixation , preoccupation , obsession , fetish/fetich , idee fixe , affection , liking , partiality , predilection , fancy , love , passion , mania , phobia , fear , terror , aversion , loathing , horror , detestation , dislike , (Colloq) hang-up
[5]	device , item , gadget , object , entity , mechanism , contrivance , apparatus , instrument , utensil , (Colloq) dingus , doodad , whatchamacallit , thingumajig , whosis , whatsis , thingummy , thingumabob , (Mainly US/Canadian) gismo/gizmo
[6]	chore , matter , affair , task , responsibility , matter , act , action , deed , activity , proceeding
[7]	opportunity , chance , possibility
[8]	things , affairs , matters , business , concernscircumstances , events , happeningsbelongings , luggage , baggage , impedimenta , possessions , paraphernalia , effects , clothes , clothing , goods , equipment , tools , utensils , implements , apparatus , (Colloq) gear , stuff , (Slang) (Brit) clobber , (US) crap , junk , (Colloq) (Slang) (US) shit