being

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of BEING

a member of the human race <no one has the right to enslave another being>

Synonyms baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight

Related Words hominid, homo, humanoid; brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor; celebrity, personality, self, somebody

Near Antonyms animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

one that has a real and independent existence <new parents are typically in awe at having created this separate being>

Synonyms being, commodity, existent, individual, individuality, integer, object, reality, something, substance, thing

Related Words body, subject; material, matter, quantity, stuff

Near Antonyms nonentity

the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is <music is such a large part of her being that she could never give up performing>

Synonyms being, essentiality, nature, quiddity, quintessence, soul, stuff, substance

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