items

Objects being counted

Items are individual things, especially when considered as part of a group or list.

A shopping list has items, an agenda has items, a collection has items.

The word emphasizes countable units: The first item on our agenda is budget cuts.

In news, an item is a brief story.

Informally, two people who are an item are romantically involved.

possession

belongings

Things you possess

treasures · chattels · estate · holdings · inheritance · effects · personals · keepsakes · heirlooms · goods

objects

artifact

Human-made historical object

equipment · utensil · implement · gadget · device · tool · instrument · appliance · apparatus · accessory

inventory

stock

Goods kept for sale

quantities · storage · stockroom · replenishment · allocation · logistics · procurement · fulfillment · backorder · surplus

shopping

cart

Vehicle for hauling

retail · grocery · supermarket · aisle · bargain · discount · receipt · cashier · mall · marketplace

variety

assortment

Mixed collection of things

mix · medley · miscellany · potpourri · cornucopia · spectrum · diversity · plethora · multiplicity · heterogeneity

agenda

topics

Subjects of discussion

business · discussion · bullet · action · order · minutes · meeting · resolution · motion · schedule

collection

museum

Public exhibit space

anthology · compilation · assemblage · curator · repository · treasury · trove · hoard · accumulation · montage

Categories
Opposites
part-whole relationship

itemswhole

Full and undivided

totality · entirety · aggregate · collection · set

countability/divisibility

itemsmass

Quantity of matter

bulk · continuum · substance · matter · stuff

specificity

itemscategory

A class of things

class · generalities · abstractions · types · kinds

Phrases
Family

item, itemize, itemized, itemization, itemizing, itemizes, itemised, itemizer

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