existed
Had actual being
Existed is the past tense of exist—to be real, to have being, to be present in the world.
Something that existed was once there but may no longer be: Dinosaurs existed millions of years ago.
The word often implies something has ended or changed: The old neighborhood no longer existed as I remembered it.
Had being once
- livedExisted or dwelt
- subsistedMaintained minimal existence
- persistedContinued despite difficulty
- enduredBore without yielding
survived · remained · lasted · continued · prevailed · occurred · happened · transpired
Of earlier times
- formerPreviously holding a position
- erstwhilePreviously but not now
- onceAt one time
- previousOccurring before another
prior · earlier · forgotten · vanished · discontinued · extinct · obsolete · antiquated
Existing as something
- extantStill in existence
- actualExisting in fact
- realTruly existing, not fake
- tangiblePerceptible by touch
material · physical · corporeal · substantial · concrete · palpable · manifest · evident
Great age, ancient era
- civilizationAdvanced organized human society
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- legacyWhat's passed down
chronicle · artifacts · ruins · relics · monuments · inscriptions · manuscripts · fossils
Distinct historical period
- epochDistinct historical period
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- ageDuration of existence
- timeMeasured passage of moments
duration · span · timeline · century · decade · millennium · moment · interval
Bore without yielding
- perseveredContinued despite difficulty
- outlastedPersisted beyond another
- weatheredEroded by exposure
- withstoodSuccessfully opposed or survived
persisted · sustained · maintained · carried on · held on · hung on · remained · continued
was
Had being once
endured · survived · remained · lasted · continued · prevailed · occurred · happened · transpired · materialized
bygone
Of earlier times
previous · prior · earlier · forgotten · vanished · discontinued · extinct · obsolete · antiquated · dated
being
Existing as something
tangible · material · physical · corporeal · substantial · concrete · palpable · manifest · evident · apparent
antiquity
Great age, ancient era
- civilizationAdvanced organized human society
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
legacy · chronicle · artifacts · ruins · relics · monuments · inscriptions · manuscripts · fossils · archaeology
era
Distinct historical period
time · duration · span · timeline · century · decade · millennium · moment · interval · chapter
endured
Bore without yielding
- perseveredContinued despite difficulty
- outlastedPersisted beyond another
- weatheredEroded by exposure
withstood · persisted · sustained · maintained · carried on · held on · hung on · remained · continued · lasted
- pre-existing conditionsIllnesses predating insurance enrollment
- to existTo have reality
- cease to existTerminate one's being
- existential crisisProfound questioning of life's meaning
- existential threatPeril to survival itself
- in existenceCurrently being real
exist, existence, existing, existential, exists, nonexistent, existent, coexist, coexisting