BEING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BEING?

Need another word that means the same as “being”? Find 33 synonyms and 30 related words for “being” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Being” are: beingness, existence, face of the earth, organism, living, life, animation, animateness, aliveness, reality, actuality, essential nature, lifeblood, entity, fact, soul, spirit, nature, essence, substance, psyche, creature, life form, living entity, living thing, living soul, individual, person, personage, human being, human, man, woman

Being as a Noun

Definitions of "Being" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “being” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The nature or essence of a person.
• A real or imaginary living creature or entity, especially an intelligent one.
• Existence.
• A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently.
• Being alive; living.
• The state or fact of existing.

Synonyms of "Being" as a noun (33 Words)

actuality	The state of existing in reality. A hope that progressed from possibility to actuality.
aliveness	The property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life.
animateness	The property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life.
animation	The activity of giving vitality and vigour to something. Animations as backdrops for live action.
beingness	The quality or state of existing, especially as distinct from having particular attributes; entity, actuality.
creature	A person or organization considered to be under the complete control of another. Night sounds of birds and other creatures.
entity	That which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving. Entity and nonentity.
essence	The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. Conflict is the essence of drama.
essential nature	Anything indispensable.
existence	(in certain beliefs) any of a person’s successive earthly lives. Our stressed out urban existence.
face of the earth	A vertical surface of a building or cliff.
fact	The truth about events as opposed to interpretation. There was a question of fact as to whether they had received the letter.
human	A human being.
human being	Any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage.
individual	A person of a specified kind. Boat trips for parties and individuals.
life	An account of the series of events making up a person s life. The ice cream vendors were the only signs of life.
life form	The period from the present until death.
lifeblood	An essential or life-giving force. The movement of coal was the lifeblood of British railways.
living	The condition of living or the state of being alive. He was offered the living of St Katherine s.
living entity	The financial means whereby one lives.
living soul	The financial means whereby one lives.
living thing	The experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities.
man	An adult person who is male as opposed to a woman. Cro Magnon man.
nature	The natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc. Emerson was so much more luminous a nature.
organism	The material structure of an organism. Fish and other organisms have been destroyed over large areas of the creek.
person	A category used in the classification of pronouns possessive determiners and verb forms according to whether they indicate the speaker first person the addressee second person or a third party third person. She s not a cat person.
personage	A person (used to express importance or elevated status. A strange personage appeared at the door.
psyche	The immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life. Their childhood made them want to understand the human psyche and to help others.
reality	Relating to reality TV. We want to make the dream a reality.
soul	The spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal. Soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement.
spirit	Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings. Shrines to nature spirits.
substance	A particular kind of matter with uniform properties. The substance of the Maastricht Treaty.
woman	A disrespectful form of address to a woman. He wondered whether Billy had his woman with him.

Usage Examples of "Being" as a noun

• Alien beings.
• Sometimes one aspect of our being has been developed at the expense of the others.
• Holism promotes a unified way of being.
• The railway brought many towns into being.
• The single market came into being in 1993.
• A rational being.
• A point of view gradually coming into being.
• Many factions remained in being.

Associations of "Being" (30 Words)

abide	Dwell. At least one memory will abide.
be	Have the quality of being copula used with an adjective or a predicate noun. I have just been to Thailand.
coexist	Coexist peacefully as of nations. The task of diplomacy was to help different states to coexist.
creature	A living organism characterized by voluntary movement. As fellow creatures on this planet animals deserve respect.
dweller	A person who inhabits a particular place. The majority of urban dwellers live in small apartments.
empirical	Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic. Empirical data.
essence	The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character. Locke s scepticism about our ability to penetrate to the real essences of things.
eternally	For a limitless time. His eternally optimistic attitude.
exist	Have an existence be extant. He could barely exist on such a low wage.
existence	All that exists. He believed in the essential unity of all existence.
existential	Of or as conceived by existentialism. Formal logicians are not concerned with existential matters.
existing	Presently existing. Much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran.
extant	Still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost. Specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk.
here	In or at this place where the speaker or writer is. I m getting out of here.
humankind	Human beings considered collectively (used as a neutral alternative to ‘mankind. She always used humankind because mankind seemed to slight the women.
hypostasis	The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene.
incarnation	The form taken by a person or thing during an incarnation. Rama was Vishnu s incarnation on earth.
inhabit	Be an inhabitant of or reside in. The region was inhabited by Indians.
life	A sentence of imprisonment for life. The battery had a short life.
lifelong	Lasting or remaining in a particular state throughout a person’s life. The two men were to remain lifelong friends.
live	Inhabit or live in be an inhabitant of. Burned alive.
living	The condition of living or the state of being alive. She is a living doll.
organism	The material structure of an organism. The heart s contribution to the maintenance of the human organism.
outlast	Live longer than. The kind of beauty that will outlast youth.
outlive	(of a person) live longer than (another person. She outlived her husband by many years.
populate	Be an inhabitant of or reside in. The island is populated by scarcely 40 000 people.
presence	The act of being present. The memorial was unveiled in the presence of 24 veterans.
protoplasm	The colourless material comprising the living part of a cell, including the cytoplasm, nucleus, and other organelles.
subsistence	The state of remaining in force or effect. Subsistence agriculture.
survive	Continue to live or exist in spite of (an accident or ordeal. He has survived several assassination attempts.