Synonyms of exists

exists

verb

present tense third-person singular of exist

as in is

to have life

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• is
• lives
• subsists
• breathes
• rules
• persists
• continues
• survives
• lasts
• endures
• keeps (on)
• flourishes
• leads
• abides
• thrives
• kicks
• runs on
• holds on
• holds up
• moves
• prospers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dies
• expires
• disappears
• departs
• vanishes
• perishes
• passes away
• ceases
• succumbs
• evaporates
• ends
• stops
• dies (down)
• subsides
• quits
• discontinues
• moderates
• wanes
• abates
• ebbs
• desists
• lets up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exists

But despite outside observers’ perpetual position of surprise that anything at all exists beyond the theme parks, the people who live here — and their newspaper of 150 years — know the truth. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

Only limited data exists about vitamin K drops, and much of it is from Europe, where the drops are more common. — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026

Open standards for agentic systems are still being drafted; the Agentic AI Foundation, hosted by the Linux Foundation and launched in late 2025, exists to coordinate those standards, and my company contributes to that work. — Antoni Kozelski, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Park Ridge hasn’t met this and, so far, the eight percent of housing stock that is affordable only exists by chance—meaning the property is only affordable due to the market itself not by design. — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

The song marked her ode to summer, centering on a relationship that exists somewhere between friendship and romance. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2026

The social network exists somewhere between an editorial product and a game and doesn’t have a clear comp within the NYT organization. — J. Kim Murphy, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2026

Pozdnyakov, however, has denied involvement, saying the group no longer exists and was not involved in any way. — Tom Sanders, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026

Data similar to that used for Houston exists across much of the United States, so other flood-prone cities could follow the same approach. — Dylan Connor, The Conversation, 2 Nov. 2026