Synonyms of existence

existence

noun

ig-ˈzi-stən(t)s 

as in reality

the fact of being or of being real

the existence of UFO's is something that people continue to argue about

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reality
• presence
• prevalence
• subsistence
• actuality
• thingness
• corporeality
• corporality
• life
• activity
• genuineness
• realness
• currency
• animation

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• nonexistence
• nothingness
• absence
• unreality
• lack
• inexistence
• nonbeing
• dearth
• potentiality
• want
• virtuality

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of existence

Who can blame those faculty who have been able to find reprieve within—and have a wish to secure the long-term existence of—the civic-center movement? — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

But about a year into NDS’s existence, the team hasn’t accomplished much. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026

Muscovites, your days of pretending the war is far away from your own comfortable existence are over. — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 30 June 2026

This Fourth of July the United States marks its 250th anniversary — or semiquincentennial — of existence. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026