BEINGS Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

beings

noun

plural of being

as in creatures

a member of the human race no one has the right to enslave another being

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as in entities

one that has a real and independent existence new parents are typically in awe at having created this separate being

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nonentities

as in essences

the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is music is such a large part of her being that she could never give up performing

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Recent Examples of beings Spreading this kind of malicious rhetoric directed at beings who can’t defend themselves is common on Gutfeld’s show. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026 Just look at the sleeve of XXXXX, the latest in her Giger-esque series of covers featuring cyborg-like beings, where her body is attached to what looks like some kind of tank or ship. — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026 And those tiny beings offer clues as to how the mysterious formation came to be. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026 The series is chock full of supernatural happenings, with evil and malicious beings (both human and not) around every corner. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 More recently, Adam Frank, David Grinspoon and Sara Imari Walker applied the noosphere to SETI by considering the collective intelligence of all the beings on a planet acting as a kind of combined planetary scale intelligence. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 July 2026 In Chinese mythology, for example, dragons are revered as powerful, benevolent beings associated with rain, rivers, and fertility. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026 In Buddhism, bodhicitta is, essentially, a desire to attain enlightenment in order to free all beings from suffering. — Goth Shakira, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 Cormier writes about the challenges and rewards of keeping other living beings as well. — Richard Schiffman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beings

Noun

Quixotic aerialists twisted, turned and unfolded above the crowd, using flowing fabric and butterfly-inspired movements to mirror the creatures being celebrated.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
With its spectacular imagery of bioluminescent creatures, not to mention a giant squid measuring somewhere between 2-4 storeys tall, this is a film that demands to be seen on the big screen.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of creatures

Noun

This difference of faith in the capabilities of competent government versus private entities has provided the space for the DSA to become more popular.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Similarly operating without a commissioner to keep things on track and keep the greater good at the forefront, horse racing entities also solved only for themselves.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of entities

Noun

And now, the best toner pads have joined the other post-cleanse staples, including face essences and milky toners, to amplify the effects of your skin-care routine and deliver additional layers of hydration to skin.

— Deanna Pai, Vogue, 27 July 2026
In general, Daosist alchemy is understood as distilling elements of the world into potent spiritual essences.

— Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026

Definition of essences

Noun

Between 2000 and 2020, at least 1,160 elephants died in incidents linked to self-defense or retaliatory killings as communities sought to protect their crops, property and lives, the Plan notes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
The movie stars Stewart and Alia Shawkat as codependent, marijuana-loving best friends who get caught in a case of mistaken identity that throws their lives into chaos.

— Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of lives

Noun

To break through the water’s tight molecular network, the escaping CO2 relies on nucleation sites—microscopic rough spots, impurities, or foreign objects that disrupt the arrangement of water molecules and allow gas molecules to easily cluster.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
An executor may have a deadline and dozens or hundreds of objects to dispose of.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of objects

Noun

Thursday’s best performances spread the entire field, with six different men leading the six individual apparatus races.

— Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Three men in their 70s were slightly injured — two of them were caught in the wind and a third one fell from a stool, apparently blown off by the wind while preparing for the storm, the Okinawa prefecture said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of men

Noun

The service Casually buttoned-up and (like many other things at this property) classic New York, with concierge and servers always ready to lend a hand—but without fussing over anything.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2026
Is this the same Panthea who hates anyone fake or putting things on?

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026