Synonyms for
Entities
Definition
Entities refer to things that exist separately and have their own identity.
Synonyms & similar words
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- legal entities
- business entities
- separate entities
- living entities
- abstract entities
- natural entities
- fictional entities
- data entities
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Usage note
Often used in formal contexts like law, business, or philosophy to refer to distinct, independent existences. Can sometimes be used more broadly for any distinct thing.
Example sentences
- The entities in the forest were trees, animals, and insects.
- The scientists studied different entities to understand their behavior.
- The company had to identify all the entities involved in the project before starting.
- Entities like ghosts and aliens are often featured in science fiction movies.
- The museum had a collection of entities from different cultures and time periods.
Quotes
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. - Teilhard de Chardin
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. - Albert Einstein
We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing – an actor, a writer – I am a person who does things – I write, I act – and I never know what I am going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun. - Stephen Fry