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. Scott Mordell:

   Across the globe, the mindset of the business leader is clearly that the world has changed in a very short space of time, we are in unchartered waters, filled with an unprecedented number of pitfalls, that are challenging some businesses' very existence.

2. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   When psychologically unfit form the majority in any sect, and yet proclaim to be the only fittest, will not only be a threat to the existence of the sane minority, but are surely catastrophic for the human race as a whole!”- Ramana Pemmaraju

3. Jean Trebek:

   I have learned something in the past year and it's this : We don't know when we're going to die, because of the cancer diagnosis, it's no longer an open-ended life, it's a closed-ended life because of the terrible survival rates of pancreatic cancer. Because of that, and something else that is operating here, people all over America and abroad have decided they want to let me know now, while I'm alive, about the impact that I've been having on their existence.

4. Emma Straub:

   Loss befalls us all ; loss is half the human story, mostly, we experience moments of joy and transcendence a couple of seconds after they have already begun to fade, and our knowledge of such exalted states consists largely of their existence being held in memory. Adult human beings live with the certainty of grief, which deepens us and opens us to other people, who have been there, too.

5. Lysander Spooner:

   Our constitutions purport to be established by 'the people,' and, in theory, 'all the people' consent to such government as the constitutions authorize. But this consent of 'the people' exists only in theory. It has no existence in fact. Government is in reality established by the few; and these few assume the consent of all the rest, without any such consent being actually given.