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Existent

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

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Similar meaning 16

Active 84% connected

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…

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Active 84% connected

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…

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Actual 84% connected

Involving or comprising action; active.

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Actual 84% connected

Involving or comprising action; active.

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Alive 84% connected

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Alive 84% connected

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Documentary 84% connected

Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing.

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Documentary 84% connected

Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in writing.

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Effective 84% connected

Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force,…

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Effective 84% connected

Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force,…

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Factual 84% connected

Relating to, or containing, facts.

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Factual 84% connected

Relating to, or containing, facts.

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Historical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.

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Historical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page.

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Objective 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an object.

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Objective 84% connected

Of or pertaining to an object.

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Derivationally related 10

Be 74% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Be 74% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Existence 74% connected

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existe…

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Existence 74% connected

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existe…

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Realism 74% connected

As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to r…

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Realism 74% connected

As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to r…

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Reality 74% connected

The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.

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Reality 74% connected

The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.

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Realness 74% connected

The quality or condition of being real; reality.

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Realness 74% connected

The quality or condition of being real; reality.

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Attribute 12

Actuality 66% connected

The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature.

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Actuality 66% connected

The state of being actual; reality; as, the actuality of God's nature.

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Existence 66% connected

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existe…

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Existence 66% connected

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existe…

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Realism 66% connected

As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to r…

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Realism 66% connected

As opposed to nominalism, the doctrine that genera and species are real things or entities, existing independently of our conceptions. According to r…

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Reality 66% connected

The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.

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Reality 66% connected

The state or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact.

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Realness 66% connected

The quality or condition of being real; reality.

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Realness 66% connected

The quality or condition of being real; reality.

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See also 12

Concrete 66% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Concrete 66% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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De facto 66% connected

Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.

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De facto 66% connected

Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.

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Extant 66% connected

Standing out or above any surface; protruded.

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Extant 66% connected

Standing out or above any surface; protruded.

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Genuine 66% connected

Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true…

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Genuine 66% connected

Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true…

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Realistic 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

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Realistic 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the realists; in the manner of the realists; characterized by realism rather than by imagination.

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Sincere 66% connected

Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.

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Sincere 66% connected

Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.

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Synonym 3

Actual 92% connected

Involving or comprising action; active.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Existing 92% connected

of Exist

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Real 92% connected

A small Spanish silver coin; also, a denomination of money of account, formerly the unit of the Spanish monetary system.

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Antonym 4

Unreal 94% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Unreal 94% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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