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Synonyms for be
bi; unstressed bi, bɪbe
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
be
Synonyms:
be certain, be real, be the fact, be true, existAntonyms:
appear, have the appearance, have the semblance, look, seem
Princeton's WordNet
beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4verb
a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
Synonyms:
glucinium, atomic number 4, berylliumbeverb
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
"John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
Synonyms:
make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, representbeverb
be identical to; be someone or something
"The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
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make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, representbeverb
occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
"Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
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make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, representexist, beverb
have an existence, be extant
"Is there a God?"
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embody, subsist, comprise, follow, cost, survive, equal, make up, personify, live, constitute, exist, representbeverb
happen, occur, take place
"I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen"
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make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, representequal, beverb
be identical or equivalent to
"One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"
Synonyms:
personify, exist, live, equal, touch, represent, equate, embody, equalise, match, follow, equalize, rival, cost, make up, comprise, constituteconstitute, represent, make up, comprise, beverb
form or compose
"This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
Synonyms:
play, follow, embody, act, found, live, institute, even up, make up, compensate, fabricate, appoint, establish, equal, symbolize, even out, present, lay out, exist, make, pay, incorporate, typify, exemplify, form, cost, reconcile, stand for, correct, invent, consist, plant, catch up with, manufacture, counterbalance, defend, represent, stage, conciliate, comprise, patch up, nominate, even off, name, symbolise, interpret, cook up, correspond, personify, contain, constitute, map, pay off, settlebe, followverb
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
"He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"
Synonyms:
conform to, play along, embody, espouse, make up, travel along, keep up, personify, fall out, keep an eye on, adopt, survey, comply, come after, abide by, live, cost, watch over, pursue, take after, equal, exist, watch, keep abreast, follow, represent, comprise, observe, surveil, succeed, accompany, come, postdate, trace, constitute, stick with, stick toembody, be, personifyverb
represent, as of a character on stage
"Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
Synonyms:
personify, exist, live, equal, represent, personate, embody, comprise, body, cost, incarnate, substantiate, make up, follow, body forth, constitutebeverb
spend or use time
"I may be an hour"
Synonyms:
make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, representbe, liveverb
have life, be alive
"Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
Synonyms:
personify, exist, live, hold out, equal, populate, last, represent, comprise, experience, hold up, subsist, know, embody, dwell, cost, live on, make up, endure, inhabit, survive, go, follow, constitutebeverb
to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
"let her be"
Synonyms:
make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, representcost, beverb
be priced at
"These shoes cost $100"
Synonyms:
make up, comprise, follow, cost, equal, embody, personify, constitute, live, exist, represent
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