Synonyms for exist


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ig-zist
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈzɪst

Top 10 synonyms for exist Other synonyms for the word exist

Définition of exist

Origin :
  • c.1600, from French exister (17c.), from Latin existere/exsistere "to step out, stand forth, emerge, appear; exist, be" (see existence). "The late appearance of the word is remarkable" [OED]. Related: Existed; existing.
  • verb be living
  • verb get along in life
Example sentences :
  • If any exist they ought to be ascertained and guarded against.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Neither will it satisfy me to have her exist merely in idea.
  • Extract from : « The Hall of Fantasy (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • As a matter of fact, we dig a gulf between the material and the spiritual which does not exist.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Difficulties to conquer can only exist side by side with the possibility of not conquering them.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Those content to put up with the worst may exist upon the half.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • The world did not come into being of itself or by chance, nor did it exist from eternity.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • By those methods alone have they been able to exist in the past.
  • Extract from : « Government by the Brewers? » by Adolph Keitel
  • Each is as old as the other and each as important; for the one could not exist without the other.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • You have treated me with scorn, with contempt, like a little child, as though I did not exist!
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The ministry and the membership of the Church do not exist for the government.
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)

Antonyms for exist

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