object
noun
• a material thing that can be seen and touched.
• "he was dragging a large object"
Similar:
thing,
article,
item,
piece,
device,
gadget,
entity,
body,
thingamajig,
thingamabob,
thingummy,
whatsit,
whatchamacallit,
what-d'you-call-it,
thingy,
doodah,
doobry,
gubbins,
doodad,
doohickey,
doojigger,
dingus,
thingo,
Opposite:
abstract idea,
notion,
• a person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed.
• "disease became the object of investigation"
• a noun or noun phrase governed by an active transitive verb or by a preposition.
• "in Gaelic the word order is verb, subject, object"
• a data construct that provides a description of anything known to a computer (such as a processor or a piece of code) and defines its method of operation.
• "the interface treats most items, including cells, graphs, and buttons, as objects"
object
verb
• say something to express one's opposition to or disagreement with something.
• "residents object to the volume of traffic"
Similar:
protest (against),
lodge a protest (against),
raise/express objections (to),
express disapproval (of),
express disagreement (with),
oppose,
be in opposition (to),
take exception (to),
take issue (with),
take a stand against,
have a problem (with),
argue (against),
remonstrate (against),
make a fuss (about),
quarrel with,
disapprove (of),
condemn,
draw the line (at),
demur,
mind,
complain (about),
moan (about),
grumble (about),
grouse (about),
cavil (at),
quibble (about),
beg to differ,
kick up a fuss/stink (about),
beef (about),
gripe (about),
kvetch (about),
Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin objectum ‘thing presented to the mind’, neuter past participle (used as a noun) of Latin obicere, from ob- ‘in the way of’ + jacere ‘to throw’; the verb may also partly represent the Latin frequentative objectare .
