exists

VERB

be living

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continue endure happen lie live occur prevail remain stand stay survive

STRONG

abide be breathe last move obtain subsist

WEAK

be extant be latent be present

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease depart die discontinue go leave

STRONG

stop

VERB

get along in life

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dwell endure go on lie live reside survive

STRONG

consist inhere kick subsist

WEAK

eke out a living get by make it stay alive

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease die

Example Sentences

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What he perceives by sense, that he terms a real, being, and saith it IS OR EXISTS; but, that which is not perceivable, the same, he saith, hath no being.

From Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by Berkeley, George