ENTITY Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

entity

noun

ˈen-tə-tē

as in object

one that has a real and independent existence the question of whether extrasensory perception will ever be a scientifically recognized entity

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nonentity

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Recent Examples of entity The jury also found that Spine Institute of Idaho proved that Ataraxis has made a fraudulent transfer of property to those entities. —

Angela Palermo april 11, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2026 In each of the 11 countries, a national agency or dedicated ministerial department was set up to implement and track the project, with a coordinating entity, the Pan-African Great Green Wall Agency, based in Mauritania. —

Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026 Or is there a more inventive solution, maybe one in which these athletic plants are affiliated with rather than tethered to universities, where players would attend classes but the teams and their administrators would operate as separate, quasi-professional entities? —

Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2026 Hollywood Park, the Kroenke-owner entity which encompasses SoFi Stadium, declined to comment. —

Adam Crafton, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for entity

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Noun

Saturn, meanwhile, will appear as a steady star-like object shining low on the eastern horizon in the hour preceding dawn on May 2, with the red light of Mars glowing to its lower left, almost lost in the glow of the rising sun.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
The September before Curran’s arrest, Trantalis had received a restraining order against him, saying that Curran had thrown objects at him and sent life-threatening messages to him and the police chief, according to the petition for the restraining order.

— Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026