Synonyms for non-existent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : non-ig-zis-tuh ns
Phonetic Transcription : ˌnɒn ɪgˈzɪs təns

Top 10 synonyms for non-existent Other synonyms for the word non-existent

Définition of non-existent

Origin :
  • also nonexistent, 1650s (n.), 1680s (adj.), from non- + existent.
  • As in absent : adj deficient in something needed or usual
  • As in mythical/mythological : adj make-believe, fairy-tale
  • As in nonexistent : adj fictional, not real
  • As in null : adj ineffectual, valueless
  • As in unreal : adj fake, make-believe; hypothetical
  • As in mythical : adj make-believe
  • As in out of print : adj no longer in print
  • As in out of business : adj no longer operating as a business
  • As in unavailable : adj not available
  • As in mythic : adj mythical
  • As in mythologic : adj mythical
  • As in mythological : adj mythical
  • As in notional : adj imaginary
  • As in defunct : adj extinct, not functioning
  • As in imaginary : adj fictitious, invented
Example sentences :
  • Immediately both dived, and became as it were non-existent on this sphere.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Of course, he replied, I and all the world are in a difficulty about the non-existent.
  • Extract from : « Euthydemus » by Plato
  • There are forces now which were non-existent in the eighteenth century.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • "So do I," said the Tamburini, who worshipped the breed even when non-existent.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • That rapture was for those who could feel it; for people who could not, it was non-existent.
  • Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather
  • Its balance sheets are faked, its reserves are non-existent.
  • Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace
  • For the rest of the world it was lost, with no particular place and as if non-existent.
  • Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
  • In this sense God is neither existent nor non-existent; he is super-existent.
  • Extract from : « Christianity As A Mystical Fact » by Rudolf Steiner
  • But for half an hour I thought it might as well be non-existent.
  • Extract from : « The La Chance Mine Mystery » by Susan Carleton Jones
  • It will unquestionably go to a Heaven which is as non-existent as itself.
  • Extract from : « Fantazius Mallare » by Ben Hecht

Antonyms for non-existent

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