Synonyms and antonyms of General words for objects in British Thesaurus

things (noun)

an object, or an item. This word is used when you cannot or do not want to refer to the object or item in a more specific way

object (noun)

a thing that you can see and touch that is not alive and is usually solid

article (noun)

an object, usually one of a group of similar objects

piece (noun)

an individual object of a particular type

whole (noun)

a complete thing made of several parts

item (noun)

an individual thing, usually one of several things in a group or on a list

organism (noun)

a system consisting of different parts that all fit together well so that it can operate and develop effectively

stuff (noun)

informal a variety of objects or things

entity (noun)

formal a separate unit that is complete and has its own character

bits and pieces/bobs ()

small individual things

affair (noun)

informal used for talking about what an object looks like

candidate (noun)

a person or thing that is likely to do or be something

construct (noun)

formal an object built from various parts

effort (noun)

informal something that someone produces or creates, often something of poor quality

gestalt (noun)

in psychology, a whole that is considered greater than its individual parts, for example all of someone’s thoughts and experiences considered as a unit

object (noun)

the person or thing that something happens to or that people have a particular feeling about

thing (noun)

spoken used when you are angry, or used for referring to an object you do not like

this/that puppy ()

used instead of the name of something, especially when you do not know what the thing is called