| Main Entry: | exist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be living |
Synonyms: |
abide, be, be extant, be latent, be present, breathe, continue, endure, happen, last, lie, live, move, obtain, occur, prevail, remain, stand, stay, subsist, survive |
Antonyms: |
die |
| Main Entry: | exist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get along in life |
Synonyms: |
consist, dwell, eke out a living, endure, get by, go on, inhere, kick*, lie, live, make it, reside, stay alive, subsist, survive |
| Main Entry: | existing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existent |
Synonyms: |
actual, alive, current, extant, real |
| Main Entry: | alive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being animately existent |
Synonyms: |
animate, around, awake, breathing, cognizant, conscious, dynamic, existing, extant, functioning, growing, knowing, live, living, mortal, operative, running, subsisting, viable, vital, working, zoetic |
Antonyms: |
dead, deceased, inanimate, lifeless |
| Main Entry: | belong |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be part of, be in proper place |
Synonyms: |
accord, agree, appertain, apply, associate, attach to, be a component, be a constituent, be a part, be akin, be an adjunct of, be connected with, be fitting, be linked with, be related, be relevant, bear, bear upon, become, befit, chime, concern, correlate, correspond, exist, fit, go, go with, harmonize, have relationship to, have respect to, have to do with, inhere, match, permeate, pertain, refer, regard, reside, set, suit, touch, vest |
| Main Entry: | de facto |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | in reality |
Synonyms: |
actual, actually, existing, genuinely, in effect, in fact, real, really, tangible, truly, veritably |
| Main Entry: | dwell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live in |
Synonyms: |
abide, bide, bunk, continue, crash*, establish oneself, exist, flop, hang one's hat, hang out*, hole up, inhabit, keep house, locate, lodge, make one's home, nest, occupy, park*, perch*, pitch tent, quarter, remain, rent, reside, rest, room, roost, settle, sojourn, squat, stay, stop, tarry, tenant, tent |
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue; be durable |
Synonyms: |
abide, be, be left, be long lived, be timeless, bide, carry on, carry through, cling, exist, go on, hang on, have no end, hold, hold on, hold out, keep on, last, linger, live, live on, never say die, outlast, outlive, perdure, persist, prevail, remain, ride out, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick to, superannuate, survive, sustain, wear, wear on, wear well |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
Antonyms: |
discontinue |
| Main Entry: | extant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in existence |
Synonyms: |
actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, in current use, instant, living, not lost, present, present-day, real, remaining, subsisting, surviving, undestroyed |
Antonyms: |
dead, extinct, gone |
| Main Entry: | get by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, survive |
Synonyms: |
contrive, cope, do, do well enough, exist, fare, flourish, get along, get on, make ends meet, make out, muddle through, prosper, shift, subsist, succeed, thrive |