Synonyms for exist
ɪgˈzɪstex·ist

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. existverb

   Synonyms:
   be

2. existverb

   to be; have existence; have being or reality

   Synonyms:
   be

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.8 / 4 votes

1. exist

   Synonyms:
   be, be certain, be real, be the fact, be true

   Antonyms:
   appear, have the appearance, have the semblance, look, seem

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. exist, beverb

   have an existence, be extant

   "Is there a God?"

   Synonyms:
   embody, subsist, comprise, follow, cost, survive, equal, make up, personify, live, constitute, be, represent

2. exist, survive, live, subsistverb

   support oneself

   "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

   Synonyms:
   go, live, hold out, populate, be, experience, hold up, outlive, dwell, live on, come through, pull round, pull through, outlast, endure, subsist, inhabit, survive, know, make it, last

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. existverb

   Synonyms:
   be, subsist, have being

2. existverb

   Synonyms:
   live, breathe, have life, be alive

3. existverb

   Synonyms:
   continue, remain, endure

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:4.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "exist":

   exists, existence, existing, be, presence, persist, are

How to pronounce exist?

How to say exist in sign language?

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How to use exist in a sentence?

1. Giovanni Cocco:

   I try to understand what her way of looking at reality is. I try to capture what she captures, the worlds I see around Monia would not exist without her. They recount her personality. That is why I try to depict the visual space that surrounds her, even through an obscured, unclear view.

2. Tom Vilsack:

   It's an opportunity as well for the food and agriculture industry to benefit from the innovation and creativity that these young people will bring once they learn about all the exciting opportunities that exist at The USDA and in the food and agriculture industry.

3. Julian Jaeger:

   Their major advantages on short-haul do not exist on long-haul flights.

4. Vladimir Putin:

   It was horrible to live under Putin and it was very far from the idea of democracy, but you still had some established institutions which you would almost take for granted that they would exist no matter what, and all of a sudden, everything collapsed.

5. Sir Arthur Eddington:

   It is a primitive form of thought that things exist or do not exist.