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Synonyms for being

23 synonyms
2 antonyms
1 meaning

noun
conjunction

Most common

thing person living beingness living thing actuality

All synonyms

Noun

1. Existence

existence, thing, person, living, life, creature, individual, body, essence, heart, soul, substance, entity, beingness, subsistence

Other

living thing, organism, actuality, animal

Conjunction

because, as, seeing that, in as much as

Antonyms

non-existence, nonbeing

All antonyms of being →

Definitions

n. 1
A living creature.
conj. 1
Given that; since.
’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many […].

Related words

Word family: beingless beingness
Phrases: human being come into being higher being being as being that bring into being supreme being time being

Forms

Plural: beings → existences, things, persons, livings…

Example sentences

thing The professor thought it rude to say such a thing.
person When can one say that a person has alcohol issues?
living Sometimes I feel like living a more peaceful life.
actuality I might seem strong, but in actuality I am anything but.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
being		steady
thing		rising
person		steady
living		steady
beingness		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters: as¹
4 letters: life¹, body², soul¹
5 letters: thing¹, heart¹
6 letters: person², living², animal³, entity³
7 letters: because², essence²
8 letters: creature², organism⁴
9 letters: existence³, substance², actuality⁵, beingness
10 letters: individual⁵
11 letters: subsistence³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (body² = 2 syllables).