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Thesaurus > Abstract relations > Existence > Being, in the abstract

1. Existence

Nouns

• existence, being, entity, ens [Lat], esse [Lat], subsistence.
• reality, actuality; positiveness etc. adj.; fact, matter of fact, sober reality; truth etc. S494; actual existence.
• presence etc. (existence in space) S186; coexistence etc. S120.
• stubborn fact, hard fact; not a dream etc. S515; 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) S151; 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) S66; come forth etc. (appear) S446.
• become etc. (be converted) S144; bring into existence etc. S161.
• 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. S494; substantial, substantive; self-existing, self-existent; essential.
• well-founded, well-grounded; unideal [obs3], unimagined; not potential etc. S2; authentic.

Adverbs

• actually etc. adj.; in fact, in point of fact, in reality; indeed; de facto, ipso facto.

Phrases

• ens rationis [Lat]; ergo sum cogito: "thinkest thou existence doth depend on time?" [Lat][Byron].