item
item is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill.
- 2.A hint; an innuendo. [Obs.] A secret item was given to some of the bishops . . . to absent themselves. Fuller.
- 3.A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; as, an item concerning the weather.
- 4.To make a note or memorandum of. I have itemed it in my memory. Addison.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- accessory
- accommodate
- accommodation
- addition
- additional
- additive
- adjectitious
- adscititious
- advance
- alone
- along
- also
- and
- article
- ascititious
- bargain
- being
- besides
- blood
- bodily
- body
- bond
- boot
- commercial
- conjointly
- conjunction
- corporeal
- corporeity
- creature
- demise
- eke
- element
- else
- essential
- essentially
- existence
- extra
- feneration
- flesh
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is item.
- What is an article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill called?
- What is a hint; an innuendo. [Obs.] A secret item was given to some of the bishops . . . to absent themselves. Fuller called?
- What is a short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; as, an item concerning the weather called?
- What is to make a note or memorandum of. I have itemed it in my memory. Addison called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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