English > being: 2 senses > noun 1, state| Meaning | The state or fact of existing. |
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| Example | "a point of view gradually coming into being" |
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| Synonyms | beingness, existence, face of the earth |
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| Attributes | existent, existing | Having existence or being or actuality |
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| nonexistent | not having existence or being or actuality |
| Narrower | actuality | The state of actually existing objectively |
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| animation, life, living, aliveness | The condition of living or the state of being alive |
| coexistence | Existing peacefully together |
| eternity, timelessness, timeless existence | A state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife |
| life | A characteristic state or mode of living |
| life | The course of existence of an individual |
| possibility, possibleness | capability of existing or happening / happening / happening or being true |
| preexistence | Existing in a former state or previous to something else |
| presence | The state of being present |
| subsistence | The state of existing in reality / reality |
| transcendence, transcendency | A state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience |
| Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
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| Opposite | nonbeing | The state of not being |
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| nonexistence, nonentity | The state of not existing |
| Spanish | existencia, ser |
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| Catalan | ésser, existència |
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| Verbs | be | have an existence, be extant |
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English > being: 2 senses > noun 2, Tops| Meaning | A living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently. |
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| Synonym | organism |
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| Category of | actinal | (of radiate organisms) located on the surface or end on which the mouth is situated |
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| bioluminescent | (of living organisms) emitting light / light |
| cellular | Characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural / structural unit of an organism or organization) |
| metabolism, metabolic process | The organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life |
| morphogenesis | differentiation and growth of the structure of an organism (or a part of an organism) |
| organic chemistry | The chemistry of compounds containing carbon (originally / originally defined as the chemistry of substances produced by living organisms but now extended to substances synthesized artificially) |
| parthenote | A cell resulting from parthenogenesis |
| stratum | One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock) |
| zygote, fertilized ovum | (genetics) the diploid cell resulting from the union of a haploid spermatozoon and ovum (including the organism that develops from that cell) |
| Parts | body part | Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
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| cell | (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms |
| Narrower | aerobe | An organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life |
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| amphidiploid | (genetics) an organism or cell having a diploid set of chromosomes from each parent |
| anaerobe | An organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live |
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement |
| animalcule, animalculum | Microscopic organism such as an amoeba or paramecium |
| atavist, throwback | An organism that has the characteristics / characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism |
| benthos | organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea |
| carrier | (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele |
| clone, clon | A group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction |
| commensal | Either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent |
| conspecific | An organism belonging to the same species as another organism |
| denizen | A plant or animal naturalized in a region / region |
| diploid | (genetics) an organism or cell having the normal amount of DNA per cell |
| dwarf | A plant or animal that is atypically small |
| eukaryote, eucaryote | An organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria |
| fungus | An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter |
| haploid | (genetics) an organism or cell having only one complete set of chromosomes |
| heteroploid | (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species |
| heterotroph | An organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition |
| host | An animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite |
| hybrid, crossbreed, cross | (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar / dissimilar parents or stock |
| individual | A single organism |
| katharobe | An organism that lives in an oxygenated medium lacking organic matter |
| mascot | A person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure |
| microorganism, micro-organism | Any organism of microscopic size |
| mutant, mutation, variation, sport | (biology) an organism that has characteristics / characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration |
| myrmecophile | An organism such as an insect that habitually shares the nest of a species of ant |
| native | indigenous plants and animals |
| nekton | The aggregate of actively swimming / swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales |
| nonvascular organism | organisms without vascular tissue |
| parasite | An animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant) |
| parent | An organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained |
| person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| plankton | The aggregate of small plant and animal organisms that float or drift / drift in great numbers in fresh or salt water |
| plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| polymorph | An organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites |
| polyploid | (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes |
| postdiluvian | Anything living after Noah's flood |
| prokaryote, procaryote | A unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei |
| recombinant | A cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred |
| relative, congener, congenator, congeneric | An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) |
| relict | An organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated |
| saprobe | An organism that lives in and derives its nourishment from organic matter in stagnant or foul water |
| saprophyte, saprophytic organism | An organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium |
| sitter | An organism (person or animal) that sits |
| stander | An organism (person or animal) that stands |
| utterer, vocalizer, vocaliser | An organism that can utter vocal sounds |
| zooid | One of the distinct / distinct individuals forming a colonial animal such as a bryozoan or hydrozoan |
| Broader | living thing, animate thing | A living (or once living) entity |
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| Substances | tissue | Part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function |
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| Spanish | criatura, organismo, organismos, ser, ser vivo |
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| Catalan | ésser, ésser viu, organisme |
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| Verbs | be | have life, be alive |
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