BEINGS Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

beings

noun

plural of being

as in creatures

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

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as in entities

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

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nonentities

as in essences

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

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Recent Examples of beings That said, the impossibility of knowing how to get rid of these immense beings, and the DIY nature of the operations its doughty characters come up with, is one of the great sources of satisfaction these movies offer. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026 Jainism therefore strongly encourages ahimsa toward all living beings, from animals to microbes, and vegetarianism is the norm. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026 On one canvas, a woman prunes a plant and a cook tends his stove atop amid a procession of celestial beings. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Were the beings who anointed Benjamin Sisko as their Emissary born this way? — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026 As Bryan starts to encounter the strange beings who appear on the outskirts of Raccoon City, the game mechanisms click into place. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 His understanding of humans as imperfect complex beings and looking at life beyond the dichotomy of individuals as good or bad. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 And there are readers who see LLMs as sentient beings with inner selves, qualia, and so forth. — Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2026 They’re guided by three otherworldly beings who, in their quirky terrestrial forms, go by Whatsit (Amanda Link), Who (Cami Stuckert) and Which (Jordan Gleaves). — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

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Noun

After environmentalists advocated for protecting these unique creatures, the nuclear-weapons manufacturing on their site was halted.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Billions of minuscule creatures, after all, agitate the waterways of the world.

— Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of creatures

Noun

Enetec was sanctioned in July under a presidential executive order authorizing sanctions to Cuban entities posing a direct threat to national security or involved in repression.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Private equity firms also sometimes own both physician staffing firms and Independent Dispute Resolution entities, creating a conflict of interest and undermining the law's fairness.

— Anna Schecter, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of entities

Noun

Wittgenstein proposed to abandon the appeal to essences for the concept of family resemblance.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
To experience a thicker, chewier noodle, order the tsukemen (dipping-style ramen) with a broth, as dense as gravy, fusing the essences of pork, chicken and fish.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of essences

Noun

Built in 1965 and 1970, respectively, the vessels are approaching the limits of their service lives.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
Their bid to change their lives turns into a dangerous chase, and the friendship becomes the one thing protecting them.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of lives

Noun

Building conventional simulations for robot testing can be time-consuming and costly, Taiuti said, requiring developers to create three-dimensional objects and configure scenes.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Presbyopia — the gradual loss of the ability to focus on nearby objects — commonly develops in middle age and often leads to the need for reading glasses.

— Angelica Stabile , Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of objects

Noun

The presence of these substances can pose health risks, especially for babies.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Bluesign said potential sources include production chemicals that survive treatment, substances formed during production or treatment and problems with the treatment system itself.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of substances

Noun

After things go awry in the Congo, the family in The Poisonwood Bible dissolves readily.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
In some ways, things have changed considerably for Reid over the last year after the television adaptation of her 2019 novel, Heated Rivalry, became a cultural phenomena.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026