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