existent

  • (a) having existence or being or actuality
    • an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient
    • much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran
    existing,
  • (a) being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
    • real objects
    • real people; not ghosts
    • a film based on real life
    • a real illness
    • real humility
    • "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow
    real,
  • (a) presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
    • the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different
    • actual and imagined conditions
    actual,

Synonyms

existing real actual

Antonyms

nonexistent unreal potential possible

See also

extant concrete echt genuine realistic sincere

Words of close approximity

existential existentialism existentialist existentialist philosopher existentialist philosophy existential operator existential philosopher existential philosophy existential quantifier