presences

Sensed but unseen

Presences is the plural of presence—instances of being somewhere or being felt.

The word often appears when multiple entities occupy a space: Security presences were visible throughout the building.

It can also refer to felt but unseen forces: She sensed presences in the old house.

In business contexts, presences describes footholds in various markets: The company has presences in twelve countries.

spiritual

spirits

Liquor or apparitions

souls · specters · phantoms · hauntings · manifestations · visitations · guardians · ancestors · angels · demons

aura

ambiance

Mood of surroundings

radiance · emanation · charisma · magnetism · glow · warmth · influence · power · force · bearing

company

companions

Those who accompany

others · visitors · guests · attendants · witnesses · onlookers · bystanders · observers · entourage · escorts

attendance

headcount

Total of individuals present

sign-in · turnout · admittance · participation · engagement · gathering · assembly · quorum · showing · appearances

awareness

consciousness

State of sentient awareness

alertness · sensitivity · intuition · sensing · noticing · attentiveness · vigilance · detection · recognition · discernment

Categories
Opposites
existence/being there

presencesabsences

States of being away

voids · vacancies · emptinesses · nonexistences · vacuums

proximity/engagement

presencesdistances

Spaces between locations

remoteness · withdrawals · removals · departures · separations

perceptibility/manifestation

presencesinvisibilities

States of being unseen

disappearances · vanishings · ghostings · absences · concealments

Phrases
Family

presence

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