Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "things" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

backpack cabinet house

Capable Of

amount to hill of beans appear disordered appear orderly branch out cost money fall apart fall off shelves during earthquake go wrong happen to happening all time happening without knowing leave places live until die matter more than others see visible

Inflected/Variant Forms

thing

Has Part

colour limits

Has Property

ambiguous finite infinite nice to have around simple worth waiting for

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

belongings holding property

Type Of (IsA)

alive eventually die alive will die cheaper than normal during sale cheeper during sale heavier than water sink not secrets at all often not property

Receives Action

bought at store collected to reclcled found at bank heard through grapevine launched off of launch platform made in factory put in boxes put into duffel bag recycled put into bins sold at vending stand stirred while being fried stored in cupboards washed in sink

Related Terms

stuff

Synonym Network

stuff

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.