| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
| |
being |
| |
| NOUN: | 1. The condition of being in full force or operation: actualization, effect, materialization, realization. See BE. 2. A basic trait or set of traits that define and establish the character of something: essence, essentiality, nature, quintessence, substance, texture. See SURFACE. 3. The fact or state of existing or of being actual: actuality, entity, existence, reality. See BE, REAL. 4. A member of the human race: body, creature, homo, human, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, soul. See BEINGS. 5. One that exists independently: entity, existence, existent, individual, object, something, thing. See BE, THING.
| | |
| |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
