Being

//ˈbiː.ɪŋ//

Synonyms for "being" (164 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (33)

Conjunction(3 words)
asbecausebeing that
Noun(1 words)
beingness

Strong matches (49)

Conjunction(2 words)
forasmuch asgiven that

Related words (82)

Conjunction(3 words)
now thatseeing thatsith
Noun(1 words)
organism

Related word relations

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11 relation types

More general

6 entries

Antonyms

4 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

11 entries

derived

29 entries

Showing 16 of 29 words.

derived from

1 entries

distinct from

1 entries

form of

2 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

50 entries

Showing 16 of 50 words.

Translations

197 translations across 64 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • wese noun (a living creature)

Albanian

1 entries
  • Qënie noun (a living creature)

Arabic

4 entries
  • كَائِن noun (a living creature)
  • كَوْن noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • كَيْنُونَة noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • مَخْلُوق noun (a living creature)

Armenian

2 entries
  • գոյություն noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • էակ noun (a living creature)

Aromanian

2 entries
  • hiintsã noun (a living creature)
  • yeatsã noun (a living creature)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • məxluq noun (a living creature)
  • varlıq noun (the state or fact of existence)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • барлыҡ noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • йәшәйеш noun (the state or fact of existence)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • быццё noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • стварэ́нне noun (a living creature)
  • існава́нне noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • істо́та noun (a living creature)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • би́дейки conj (Translations)
  • битие noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • създа́ние noun (a living creature)
  • същество́ noun (a living creature)

Catalan

2 entries
  • ésser noun (a living creature)
  • ésser noun (the state or fact of existence)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 存在 noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • 生物 noun (a living creature)

Czech

4 entries
  • bytost noun (a living creature)
  • bytí noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • existence noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • stvoření noun (a living creature)

Danish

2 entries
  • opstå noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • væsen noun (a living creature)

Dutch

2 entries
  • bestaan noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • wezen noun (a living creature)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • вуй noun (the state or fact of existence)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • estaĵo noun (a living creature)
  • esteco noun (basic nature)
  • esto noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • estulo noun (a living creature)

Estonian

2 entries
  • olemasolu noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • olend noun (a living creature)

Finnish

2 entries
  • olemassaolo noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • olento noun (a living creature)

French

4 entries
  • étant donné que conj (Translations)
  • créature noun (a living creature)
  • existence noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • être noun (a living creature)

Georgian

1 entries
  • არსება noun (a living creature)

German

4 entries
  • Dasein noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • Geschöpf noun (a living creature)
  • Sein noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • Wesen noun (a living creature)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 noun (the state or fact of existence)

Greek

3 entries
  • ον noun (a living creature)
  • πλάσμα noun (a living creature)
  • ύπαρξη noun (the state or fact of existence)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • בריה noun (a living creature)
  • יצור noun (a living creature)
  • ישות noun (the state or fact of existence)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • lény noun (a living creature)
  • lét (ezés) noun (the state or fact of existence)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • tilvera noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • vera noun (a living creature)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • ada noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • keberadaan noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • makhluk noun (a living creature)

Irish

3 entries
  • beith noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • dúil noun (a living creature)
  • neach noun (a living creature)

Italian

3 entries
  • creatura noun (a living creature)
  • esistenza noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • essere noun (a living creature)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 存在 noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • 生き物 noun (a living creature)
  • 生物 noun (a living creature)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • болмыс noun (the state or fact of existence)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ជន noun (a living creature)
  • ភាវៈរស់ noun (a living creature)

Korean

2 entries
  • 생명체 noun (a living creature)
  • 존재 noun (the state or fact of existence)

Latin

4 entries
  • animate noun (a living creature)
  • animatum noun (a living creature)
  • caput noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • creatura noun (a living creature)

Latvian

4 entries
  • būtne noun (a living creature)
  • eksistence noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • esamība noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • radījums noun (a living creature)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • būtybė noun (a living creature)
  • egzistavimas noun (the state or fact of existence)

Livonian

1 entries
  • lejā noun (a living creature)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • бидејќи conj (Translations)
  • битие noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • постоење noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • суштество noun (a living creature)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡝᡵᡤᡝᠩᡤᡝ noun (a living creature)

Manx

1 entries
  • beays noun (the state or fact of existence)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • shiumbe noun (a living creature)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • амьтан noun (a living creature)
  • ахуй noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • оршихуй noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • ᠠᠬᠤᠢ noun (the state or fact of existence)

Māori

2 entries
  • kaiaotanga noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • tauoranga noun (the state or fact of existence)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • bli til noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • det å være noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • tilværelse noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • vesen noun (a living creature)

Persian

3 entries
  • بوش noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • هستی noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • وجود noun (the state or fact of existence)

Polish

4 entries
  • bycie noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • byt noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • istnienie noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • istota noun (a living creature)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • criatura noun (a living creature)
  • existência noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • ser noun (a living creature)

Romanian

4 entries
  • creatură noun (a living creature)
  • existență noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • ființă noun (a living creature)
  • ființă noun (the state or fact of existence)

Russian

4 entries
  • бытие́ noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • созда́ние noun (a living creature)
  • существо́ noun (a living creature)
  • существова́ние noun (the state or fact of existence)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • biće noun (a living creature)
  • biće noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • stvor noun (a living creature)
  • stvorenje noun (a living creature)

Slovak

4 entries
  • bytie noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • bytosť noun (a living creature)
  • bytosť noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • stvorenie noun (a living creature)

Slovene

4 entries
  • bitje noun (a living creature)
  • bitje noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • bivanje noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • obstajanje noun (the state or fact of existence)

Spanish

4 entries
  • criatura noun (a living creature)
  • ente noun (a living creature)
  • existencia noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • ser noun (a living creature)

Swedish

4 entries
  • existens noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • tillvaro noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • varelse noun (a living creature)
  • väsen noun (a living creature)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kamagingan noun (the state or fact of existence)

Thai

2 entries
  • ภาวะ noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • สัต noun (the state or fact of existence)

Turkish

2 entries
  • varlık noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • yaratık noun (a living creature)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • буття́ noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • створі́ння noun (a living creature)
  • су́тність noun (a living creature)
  • твари́на noun (a living creature)

Unami

1 entries
  • pèmhakamiksit noun (a living creature)

Venetan

1 entries
  • èsare noun (a living creature)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sinh vật noun (a living creature)

Volapük

4 entries
  • dabin noun (the state or fact of existence)
  • hijafäb noun (a living creature)
  • jafäb noun (a living creature)
  • jijafäb noun (a living creature)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • conawır noun (a living creature)
  • estek noun (the state or fact of existence)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • ǃnáã noun (the state or fact of existence)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Being objective means not telling everybody whose side you are on.

Source: tatoeba (1789)

Liberty consists of being able to make everything as harmless as possible.

Source: tatoeba (1868)

I have a great fear of being disdained by those I love and care about.

Source: tatoeba (1920)

Ms. Eichler had a notorious reputation for being austere to her students.

Source: tatoeba (1928)

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