thinglike

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adjective

Resembling a thing; having the properties associated with a physical object; objectlike.

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Meanings

adjectivethinglike (comparative more thinglike, superlative most thinglike)

comparative more thinglike · superlative most thinglike

  1. human sciencesResembling a thing; having the properties associated with a physical object; objectlike.

    Although Tex had assured me only the other day that New Yorkers prized intelligence, I wasn’t sure mine could be counted on. It didn’t feel like a thing in our very thinglike world, a world where identity began with the choice of massive automobile […]

    1988, Edmund White, chapter 2, in The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
objectlike

Origin

From thing + -like. Compare English thingly, German dinglich.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nightlike
Cite this entry
APA

thinglike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thinglike

MLA

“thinglike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thinglike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thinglike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thinglike.

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