Synonyms for is
- abide
- act
- breathe
- continue
- do
- endure
- hold
- inhabit
- last
- live
- move
- obtain
- persist
- prevail
- remain
- rest
- stand
- stay
- subsist
- survive
- be alive
- go on
- have being
- have place
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WORD ORIGIN
third person singular present of be, Old English is, from Germanic stem *es- (cf. Old High German, German, Gothic ist, Old Norse es, er), from PIE *es-ti- (cf. Sanskrit asti, Greek esti, Latin est, Lithuanian esti, Old Church Slavonic jesti), from PIE root *es- "to be." Old English lost the final -t-. See be. Until 1500s, pronounced to rhyme with kiss.