Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)thinga special situation“this thing has got to end”,
“it is a remarkable thing” (n)thingan action“how could you do such a thing?” (n)thinga special abstraction“a thing of the spirit”,
“things of the heart” (n)thingan artifact“how does this thing work?” (n)thingan event“a funny thing happened on the way to the …” (n)matter, affair, thinga vaguely specified concern“several matters to attend to”,
“it is none of your affair”,
“things are going well” (n)thinga statement regarded as an object“to say the same thing in other terms”,
“how can you say such a thing?” (n)thingan entity that is not named specifically“I couldn't tell what the thing was” (n)thingany attribute or quality considered as having its own existence“the thing I like about her is …” (n)thinga special objective“the thing is to stay in bounds” (n)thinga persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion“he has a thing about seafood”,
“she has a thing about him” (n)thinga separate and self-contained entity