Item and Message

Item

Item noun - A report of recent events or facts not previously known.

Usage example: our next item is about the blizzard blanketing the East Coast

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Message and item are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Message" instead a noun "Item".

Nearby Words: itemize, itemise, itemised

Message noun - A piece of conveyed information.

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Item and message are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Item" instead a noun "Message".

Nearby Words: messaged, messaging

good	good item	good message
nice	nice item	nice message
special	special item	special message
similar	similar item	similar message
Other adjectives: found, original, single, powerful, actual, real, wrong, main, important, personal, secret, ultimate, new, unique, final, hidden, basic, last, different.

Can lead into Pursued Protagonist (a Chase Scene where the protagonist gives an item or message to the real Hero), but not always.

Source: Dramatic Chase Opening
In the event that a news item or message on television is the cause of the sudden anger or frustration that makes someone do this, the trope may be a slight variant on Shoot the Messenger.

Source: Shoot the Television
The resulting message neither elaborates on the nature of the item nor explains how it is used.

Source: Use Item

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Message and Item. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/item/message

Item & Message. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/item/message>.

Message or Item. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/item/message.

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