EXISTENTS Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

existents

noun

plural of existent

as in entities

one that has a real and independent existence other worlds are existents that are generally taken for granted in works of science fiction

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Noun

The data center will still pay traditional property tax, as well as the business personal property tax to other taxing entities.

— Olivia Young, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
The company has referred more than 200 entities to the FDA, the US Department of Justice, state attorneys general, law enforcement and professional licensing boards.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of entities

Noun

These lines can represent the paths taken by objects moving in two dimensions, like balls traveling around a billiard table.

— Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Observed a mere 660 million years after the big bang, MoM-BH*-1 is among the earliest of these objects known.

— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of objects

Noun

Johnson was suspended for 10 games by the NFL in 2016 for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Overconfidence may add risk Such user errors are an underappreciated danger of using these substances.

— C. Michael White, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of substances

Noun

The City of Atlanta and Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners have been trading negotiations over the sale of the Atlanta City Detention Center, and things have started to get ugly.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
The month of August offers some respite, a chance to reflect and reset before September kicks things into gear once more.

— Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of things

Noun

Guzmán believes those political realities may prove just as important as the security challenges.

— Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Like many scientists working in government, Fauci understood there is often tension between science, policy and the practical realities of communicating with the public during a health crisis, Adams said.

— Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of realities

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