Item and Reference

Item

Item noun - A separate part in a list, account, or series.

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

Nearby Words: itemize, itemise, itemised

Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.

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Item and reference are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Item" instead a noun "Reference".

good	good item	good reference
nice	nice item	nice reference
particular	particular item	particular reference
similar	similar item	similar reference
Other adjectives: common, specific, original, single, small, actual, real, random, last.

There's even a fairly well-hidden reference to Tonic Trouble, an even more obscure game by the same creator.note The lead character of that game, Ed, advertises K-Starkos, a health item.

Source: Video Game / Beyond Good & Evil
Scarlett's shrug is also in reference to the original stories of Little Red Riding Hood, where the girl wore an item similar in appearance.

Source: Video Game / The Path
As of the fourth installment, nearly every spell, special attack and item description is some sort of reference to anything from H.P.

Source: Reference Overdosed

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Reference and Item. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/item/reference

Item & Reference. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/item/reference>.

Reference or Item. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/item/reference.

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