Synonyms of existed

existed

verb

past tense of exist

as in lived

to have life

strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lived
• was
• ruled
• breathed
• subsisted
• persisted
• survived
• flourished
• lasted
• continued
• endured
• kicked
• kept (on)
• held on
• led
• prospered
• thrived
• abided
• held up
• moved
• ran on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• died
• disappeared
• expired
• departed
• perished
• vanished
• passed away
• succumbed
• ceased
• evaporated
• ended
• stopped
• discontinued
• died (down)
• quit
• subsided
• waned
• abated
• moderated
• desisted
• ebbed
• let up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of existed

Some of the smallest, reddest galaxies in the image existed when the universe was only about 800 million years old, turning one seemingly empty patch of sky into a window through cosmic history. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

That’s because readers bestow a special kind of life upon people who have existed only in books. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

The common thread is control, texture, and slowness, all qualities Gen Z associates with a world that existed before smartphones, gig work, and platform algorithms flattened daily life into something frictionless and disorienting. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

If a polygon existed with no periodic trajectory—that is, no way to return to its starting point—then the geometric object encoding all possible billiard paths would be forced to behave in two incompatible ways. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 14 Aug. 2026

The reservoir is renewed by subterranean streams flowing through Dwyka rock formations dated at around 280 million years old, meaning the water moves through layers that existed long before dinosaurs walked the earth. — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026

No such problems with following the play existed at Tranmere, where, even in the 1980s, their long-term home afforded a decent view from behind both goals. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

In a recent analysis of bacterial genomes, Murali and her colleagues concluded that some aerobes existed before the dawn of photosynthesis. — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026

In the early days of hip-hop, rap existed on the dance floor alongside other genres. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026