be

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BE

to have life <stories that begin with the familiar line “once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden”>

Synonyms breathe, exist, live, subsist

Related Words abide, continue, endure, hold on, hold up, keep (on), kick, last, lead, persist, rule, run on, survive; move; flourish, prosper, thrive

Near Antonyms disappear, evaporate, vanish; cease, desist, discontinue, end, quit, stop; abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, wane

Antonyms depart, die, expire, pass away, perish, succumb

to occupy a place or location <we'll be there waiting for you>

Synonyms be, bear, lie, sit

Related Words command, overlook; hang around, remain, rest, stay, stick around, tarry; await, wait; post, station; dwell, reside

to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes <our school's football team is first in its division>

Synonyms be, grade, place, rate, stand

Related Words seed; count; categorize, class, classify, codify, compartmentalize, group, separate, set, sort; install, instate

to take place <the party is next Saturday>

Synonyms be, befall, betide, chance, come, come about, come down, come off, cook, do, go down [slang], go on, hap, occur, pass, transpire

Related Words break, develop, rise, shape (up); arise, come up, crop (up), materialize, spring (up); intervene; fall out, follow, result, turn out; go off, proceed

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