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Be

🔄 Synonyms of "Be"

16 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
worknoun	(uncountable) Employment.
constituteverb	(transitive) To make up; to compose; to form.
compriseverb	(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
representverb	(transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
embodyverb	(transitive) To represent in a physical or concrete form; to incarnate or personify.
liveverb	(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
personifyverb	(transitive) To create a representation of (an abstract quality) in the form of a character or persona.
followverb	(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
occurverb	(intransitive) To happen or take place.
make upverb	To constitute, to compose.
existverb	(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
equalverb	The same in value (status, merit, etc): having or deserving the same rights or treatment.
gluciniumnoun	Alternative form of glucinum. [(chemistry, obsolete) beryllium.]
berylliumnoun	(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Be) with an atomic number of 4; a soft silvery-white low density alkaline earth metal with specialist industrial applications.
atomic number 4noun	a light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent metallic element
costnoun	(transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.

↔️ Antonyms of "Be"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
differverb	(intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Be"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
living thingnoun	An entity such as an animal, a plant, a fungus or a microorganism; something that lives, as opposed to being non-living or dead.
existencenoun	(Ontology) The state of being, existing, or occurring; beinghood.
beingnessnoun	(philosophy) Existence; the condition of a thing that is.
life formnoun	The morphology of an organism that distinguishes it from others.
organismnoun	(biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism.
hibnoun	Haemophilus influenzae, serotype b: a particular type of bacterium responsible for pneumonia, meningitis, and other diseases.
cgsnoun	(physics) Initialism of centimetre-gram-second: a system of measurement taking these as its fundamental units, now replaced by the SI system. [(sciences) A system of units formerly used in physics (now replaced by the SI system), in which the basic units of length, mass and time were respectively centimetre, gram, and second.]
osinoun	(networking) Initialism of Open Systems Interconnection, an International Standard ISO/IEC 7894:1994(E) subtitled Basic Reference Model, containing a formal description of an idealized computer network architecture.
ocsnoun	(linguistics) Initialism of Old Church Slavonic. [The first literary and liturgical Slavic language.]
caribbeannoun	Pertaining to the sea and region of the western Atlantic bounded by South America, Central America, and the islands of the West Indies (such as Cuba and Hispaniola).
wouldverb	Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
wanna	"Wanna" is a song by South Korean girl group Kara from their second studio album, Revolution.
existverb	(intransitive, stative) to be; have existence; have being or reality
liveverb	(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
subsistverb	To survive on a minimum of resources.
remainverb	To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
stayverb	(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
persistverb	(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
continueverb	(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
endureverb	(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.