Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

existence. presence &c. (existence in space) 186 ; coexistence &c. 120 . stubborn fact, hard fact; not a dream &c. 515 ; no joke. center of life, essence, inmost nature, inner reality, vital principle. [Science of existence], ontology. V. exist, be; have being &c. n.; subsist, live, breathe, stand, obtain, be the case; occur &c. (event) 151 ; have place, prevail; find oneself, pass the time, vegetate. consist in, lie in; be comprised in, be contained in, be constituted by. come into existence &c. n.; arise &c. (begin) 66 ; come forth &c. (appear) 446 . become &c. (be converted) 144 ; bring into existence &c. 161 . abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay. Adj. existing &c. v.; existent, under the sun; in existence &c. n.; extant; afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent; undestroyed. real, actual, positive, absolute; true &c. 494 ; substantial, substantive; self-existing, self-existent; essential. well-founded, well-grounded; unideal , unimagined; not potential &c. 2 ; authentic. Adv. actually &c. adj.; in fact, in point of fact, in reality; indeed; de facto, ipso facto. Phr. ens rationis [Lat.] ; ergo sum cogito [Lat.] , thinkest thou existence doth depend on time? [Byron]. #2. Inexistence — N. inexistence ; nonexistence, nonsubsistence; nonentity, nil; negativeness &c. adj.; nullity; nihility , nihilism; tabula rasa [Lat.] , blank; abeyance; absence &c. 187 ; no such thing &c. 4 ; nonbeing, nothingness, oblivion. annihilation; extinction &c. (destruction) 162 ; extinguishment, extirpation, Nirvana, obliteration. V. not exist &c. 1 ; have no existence &c. 1 ; be null and void; cease to exist &c. 1 ; pass away, perish; be extinct, become extinct &c. adj.; die out; disappear &c. 449 ; melt away, dissolve, leave not a rack behind; go, be no more; die &c. 360 . annihilate, render null, nullify; abrogate &c. 756 ; destroy &c. 162 ; take away; remove &c. (displace) 185 ; obliterate, extirpate. Adj. inexistent , nonexistent &c. 1 ; negative, blank; missing, omitted; absent &c. 187 ; insubstantial, shadowy, spectral, visionary. unreal, potential, virtual; baseless, in nubibus [Lat.] ; unsubstantial &c. 4 ; vain. unborn, uncreated , unbegotten, unconceived, unproduced, unmade. perished, annihilated, &c. v.; extinct, exhausted, gone, lost, vanished, departed, gone with the wind; defunct &c. (dead) 360 . fabulous, ideal &c. (imaginary) 515 , supposititious &c. 514 . Adv. negatively, virtually &c. adj.. Phr. non ens [Lat.] . 2. BEING, IN THE…