Synonyms for existence
ɪgˈzɪs tənsex·is·tence

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1. existencenoun

   Antonyms:
   nothingness

2. existencenoun

   Most people doubt the existence of the Loch Ness monster.

   Antonyms:
   nothingness

3. existencenoun

   Antonyms:
   nothingness

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1. existence

   Synonyms:
   being, entity, creature

   Antonyms:
   nonentity, non-existence, chimera

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1. being, beingness, existencenoun

   the state or fact of existing

   "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries"

   Synonyms:
   organism, being, macrocosm, creation, world, beingness, cosmos, universe

   Antonyms:
   nonentity, nonexistence

2. universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosmnoun

   everything that exists anywhere

   "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

   Synonyms:
   cosmos, humans, founding, humanity, public, man, instauration, cosmea, introduction, human race, universe, innovation, creative activity, humankind, conception, earth, reality, population, foundation, beingness, institution, human beings, origination, macrocosm, universe of discourse, domain, populace, globe, being, worldly concern, mankind, world, initiation, earthly concern, creation

   Antonyms:
   nonentity, nonexistence

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1. • Natural Object

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1. cryptozoology

   the study of evidence tending to substantiate the existence of, or the search for, creatures whose reported existence is unproved, as the abominable snowman or the loch ness monster.

   Submitted by rinat on September 4, 2019  

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1. existencenoun

   Synonyms:
   being, entity

2. existencenoun

   Synonyms:
   life, animation

3. existencenoun

   Synonyms:
   continuance, duration

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1. List of paraphrases for "existence":

   presence, availability, exist, survival, life, occurrence, livelihood

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1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The education of the will is the object of our existence.

2. Oscar Wilde:

   Journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwinian principle of the survival of the vulgarist.

3. Magnus Conteh:

   At the time of the outbreak, there was a lot of fear, and apprehension, and denial of the existence of Ebola.

4. Frank Zappa:

   Fact of the matter is, there is no hip world, there is no straight world. There's a world, you see, which has people in it who believe in a variety of different things. Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, use that something to support their own existence.

5. Isaac Asimov:

   The three fundamental Rules of Robotics...One: a robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm...Two:..a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law...Three: a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First and Second Laws.