situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole

flagship - the chief one of a related group; "it is their flagship newspaper"

pill - something that resembles a pill in shape or size

snorter - something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent; "a snorter of a sermon"; "the storm wasn't long but it was a snorter"

standby - something that can be relied on when needed

variation - an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"

wobbler - something that wobbles

happening, natural event, occurrence - an event that happens

feast - something experienced with great delight; "a feast for the eyes"

statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"

attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

abstract, abstraction - a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"

concern - something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"

entity - that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

change - a thing that is different; "he inspected several changes before selecting one"

freshener - anything that freshens

horror - something that inspires horror; something horrible; "the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him"

crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey - something excellent of its kind; "the bike was a jimdandy"

security blanket - anything that an adult person uses to reduce their anxiety

stinker - anything that gives off an offensive odor (especially a cheap cigar)

whacker, whopper - something especially big or impressive of its kind

objective, aim, object, target - the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"

feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"

entity - that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

anything - a thing of any kind; "do you have anything to declare?"

something - a thing of some kind; "is there something you want?"

nothing, nonentity - a nonexistent thing

depicted object, subject, content - something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"

body of water, water - the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); "they invaded our territorial waters"; "they were sitting by the water's edge"

inessential, nonessential - anything that is not essential; "they discarded all their inessentials"

essential, necessary, requisite, necessity, requirement - anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

piece, part - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"

reservoir, source - anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival"

building block, unit - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"

variable - something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation; "the weather is one variable to be considered"