exists
Occupies actual space
Exists is the third-person singular form of exist, meaning to have actual being or reality.
Something that exists is present in the world rather than imaginary or hypothetical: No evidence exists to support that claim.
The word often appears in constructions that assert or deny presence: A solution exists, Such a place no longer exists.
In programming and database contexts, exists is a keyword that checks whether records or values are present.
Having current existence
- breathesInhales and exhales
- livesExists or resides
- thrivesSucceeds and grows
- flourishesProspers or ornamental strokes
sentient · conscious · animate · organisms · biological · vital · functioning · active
Study of existence's nature
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- beingExisting as something
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- actualityState of existing fact
potentiality · substance · phenomenon · monism · dualism · idealism · materialism · nihilism
Continues despite hardship
- persistsCarries on stubbornly
- survivesRemains alive despite hardship
- remainsContinues in place
- continuesProceeds without stopping
abides · prevails · permanence · constancy · stability · perpetuity · durability · longevity
What actually exists
- matterSpace-occupying substance with mass
- universeComplete system or domain
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
- tangiblePerceptible by touch
concrete · physicality · materiality · empirical · observable · spacetime · atoms · energy
Becomes visible or seems
- manifestsShows or demonstrates plainly
- occupiesFills or holds space
- inhabitsLives in permanently
- emergesComes into view
visible · detected · recognized · noticeable · perceptible · discernible · observable · evident
Established as accurate
- documentedPreserved in official records
- recordedCaptured for posterity
- provenEstablished as fact
- establishedFormally set up
verified · known · discovered · identified · authentic · real · actual · factual
alive
Having current existence
flourishes · sentient · conscious · animate · organisms · biological · vital · functioning · active · viable
ontology
Study of existence's nature
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- beingExisting as something
- essenceFundamental nature of something
actuality · potentiality · substance · phenomenon · monism · dualism · idealism · materialism · nihilism · phenomenology
endures
Continues despite hardship
continues · abides · prevails · permanence · constancy · stability · perpetuity · durability · longevity · resilience
reality
What actually exists
- matterSpace-occupying substance with mass
- universeComplete system or domain
- cosmosOrderly totality of existence
tangible · concrete · physicality · materiality · empirical · observable · spacetime · atoms · energy · particles
appears
Becomes visible or seems
emerges · visible · detected · recognized · noticeable · perceptible · discernible · observable · evident · apparent
confirmed
Established as accurate
- documentedPreserved in official records
- recordedCaptured for posterity
- provenEstablished as fact
established · verified · known · discovered · identified · authentic · real · actual · factual · evidenced
- 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
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