Being

/ˈbiː.ɪŋ/

Synonyms for "being" (242 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Noun(14 words)

existence organism angelbe presentbeastbeing alive nowbeingnesscomplete beingscreator creature creaturehoodcreatures great and smallcritters deity

actual actuality adamiteaerobic organisman existenceanaerobic organismanimal asas isas long asattendanceautotrophic organismbeast because bloke body bones bosom breast cat

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cause chap charactercockles of the heartconsidering contemporaneous contemporary cove creature critter current customer

Conjunction(1 words)

because

Adjective(2 words)

biological entitybiological organism

Strong matches (72)

disposition duck earthling ens entelechy entity esprit esse essence essentiality existence existent existing extant fellow for freshgenetic individualgroundling guts

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guy hand head heartheart of heartsheartstringsheterotrophic organismhomo humanhuman beingimmanent immediatein beingin effectin existencein forceinasmuch asindividual individualityinmost heartinmost soulinnermost being

Noun(27 words)

earthlinghood entities entityentity as a wholeentityhood entityhoodsexist for realexist in mathematicsexist todayexistence of lifeexistencesface of the earthfrench entitégerman entitätgerman lebengoblin goblins godhead earthward endhuman

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humanoids hypostasisicelandic líficelandic veraindividualindividual basedindividuals

Verb(1 words)

exist in nature

Adjective(1 words)

friendly creature

Preposition(1 words)

in reality

Related words (121)

instant johnny joker latest life livingliving beingliving soulliving thingman material materiality matter microbe microorganism modern monadmorphological individualmortal nature

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new nose object occurrenceon footone ontorganic beingorganism organization party person persona personage personalityphysiological individualpresence presentpresent daypresent-age present-day present-time prevalent runningsecret placesecret placesseeing since single somebody someone something soul spirit stuff subsistence subsistent subsisting substance substantiality tellurian terran texturethat bethat isthing topicalunder the sununitup-to-dateup-to-the-minutevirus viscera whereas whole worldling zooid zoon

Noun(38 words)

is thereitalian entitàitalian sussistere or subsisterelife form termlife formslive livesliving beinglífmbini morrigunon finite participlenonhumanold norse lífone organism taskone-organismorganism category listorganismspassive formpassive participle

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person persons presencepresent participle formpure life formreality resideromanian existaselves snarkstate of beingsubsist subsisterswedish existerato bewezen wight wights

Adjective(3 words)

living creatureliving entityliving things

Adverb(1 words)

not a group

Determiner(1 words)

the whole entity

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

15 entries

animate thingcausal agencycausal agentcause concept divinity existencegrammar formhumanliving thingorganism person statestate of beingsupernatural being

More specific

15 entries

adult animalbeing studiedbeing writtenchild creator human life livepast participlepresencepresent participleruler student subsist

Collocations

12 entries

being ablebeing awarebeing carefulbeing honestbeing presentbeing therebiological beingdivine beinghuman beingliving beingmortal beinguniversal being

Inflections

5 entries

been beings is was were

Derivations

1 entries

beingness

Antonyms

1 entries

nonbeing

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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