all things

Every existing entity

All things means everything, the totality of what exists or what's under consideration.

The phrase often appears in expressions emphasizing completeness or universality: all things considered, in all things, above all things.

Someone who is all things to all people tries to please everyone.

Of all things expresses surprise at something unexpected: A submarine, of all things, showed up in the lake.

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reality · big picture · totality · nature · creation · universe · ecosystems · atoms · eternity · great beyond · consciousness · entirety · planets · void · beings · molecules · omnibus · sundry

Opposites
quantitative scope

all thingsnothing

Not any thing

none · not a thing · naught · nil · next to nothing

existential totality

all thingsnothing

Not any thing

nothingness · the void · emptiness · nonexistence · nonbeing

Family

all, thing, nothing, things, anything, everything, something, all-out, all-time

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G