Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Existence

Nouns
  • existence, being, entity, subsistence. reality, actuality
  • positiveness etc. adj.
  • fact, matter of fact, sober reality
  • truth etc. [Object of knowledge.] Truth
  • actual existence. presence etc. (existence in space) Presence
  • coexistence etc. Synchronism. stubborn fact, hard fact
  • not a dream etc. Imagination
  • no joke. center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle. [Science of existence], ontology.
Verbs
  • exist, be
  • have being etc. n.
  • subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case
  • occur etc. (event) Eventuality
  • have place, prevail
  • find oneself, pass the time, vegetate. consist in, lie in
  • be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by. come into existence etc. n.
  • arise etc. (begin) Beginning
  • come forth etc. (appear) Visibility. become etc. (be converted) [Gradual change to something different.] Conversion
  • bring into existence etc. Production. abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay.
Adjectives
  • existing etc. v.
  • existent, under the sun
  • in existence etc. n.
  • extant
  • afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent
  • undestroyed. real, actual, positive, absolute
  • true etc. [Object of knowledge.] Truth
  • substantial, substantive
  • self-existing, self-existent
  • essential. well-founded, well-grounded
  • unideal, unimagined
  • not potential etc. Inexistence
  • authentic.
Adverbs
  • actually etc. adj.
  • in fact, in point of fact, in reality
  • indeed
  • de facto, ipso facto.
Phrases
  • thinkest thou existence doth depend on thinkest thou existence doth depend on time? [Byron].