Synonyms for
Entity
Definition
Entity means a thing with distinct and independent existence.
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- legal entity
- business entity
- separate entity
- natural entity
- abstract entity
- physical entity
- living entity
- fictional entity
Word family
noun entity
adjective entitative
Usage note
Often used in formal contexts like law, philosophy, and computing to refer to a distinct and independent existence. Avoid using informally for simple objects.
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Example sentences
- The universe is an entity that includes everything in it.
- The government is an entity that is responsible for making laws.
- A business can be an entity that is separate from its owners.
- Every living creature is an entity that has a unique identity.
- The internet is an entity that has revolutionized the way we communicate.
Quotes
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. - Andre Gide
The cosmos is a vast living body, of which we are still parts. The sun is a great heart whose tremors run through our smallest veins. The moon is a great nerve center from which we quiver forever. - D.H. Lawrence
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. - Teilhard de Chardin