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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, act, be alive, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, have being, have place, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive |
| Main Entry: | consist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist, reside |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be contained in, be expressed by, be found in, dwell, inhere, lie, repose, rest, subsist |
| Main Entry: | endure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | continue; be durable |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be left, be long lived, be timeless, bide, carry on, carry through, cling, exist, go on, hang on, have no end, hold, hold on, hold out, keep on, last, linger, live, live on, never say die, outlast, outlive, perdure, persist, prevail, remain, ride out, run on, stand, stay, stay on, stick to, superannuate, survive, sustain, wear, wear on, wear well |
| Notes: | to endure means to put up with something or somebody unpleasant; to survive is to continue to live |
| Antonyms: | discontinue |
| Main Entry: | exist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be living |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be extant, be latent, be present, breathe, continue, endure, happen, last, lie, live, move, obtain, occur, prevail, remain, stand, stay, subsist, survive |
| Antonyms: | die |
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be situated |
| Synonyms: | be, be beside, be buried, be established, be even, be fixed, be found, be interred, be level, be located, be on, be placed, be seated, be smooth, belong, beset, exist, extend, have its seat in, occupy, prevail, reach, remain, spread, stretch |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Main Entry: | live |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be alive, breathe, continue, draw breath, endure, get along, get by, have life, last, lead, maintain, make it, move, pass, persist, prevail, remain, remain alive, subsist, survive |
| Antonyms: | cease, depart, die |
| Main Entry: | represent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | present image of; symbolize |
| Synonyms: | act as, act as broker, act for, act in place of, appear as, assume the role of, be, be agent for, be attorney for, be proxy for, betoken, body, buy for, copy, correspond to, do business for, emblematize, embody, enact, epitomize, equal, equate, exemplify, exhibit, express, factor, hold office, imitate, impersonate, mean, perform, personify, play the part, produce, put on, reproduce, sell for, serve, serve as, show, speak for, stage, stand for, steward, substitute, typify |
| Main Entry: | subsist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep going, living |
| Synonyms: | barely exist, be, breathe, continue, eke out a living, eke out an existence, endure, exist, get along, get by, hang in, hang on, hang tough, just make it, last, live, make ends meet, make it, manage, move, remain, remain alive, ride out, scrape by, stay alive, stick it out, stick with it, survive, sustain |
| Main Entry: | inhere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consist |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be contained in, be expressed by, be found in, dwell, exist, lie, repose, reside, rest, subsist |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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