existent

DEFINITIONS OF: existent

“an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient”

: active, alive
in operation; extant
still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost

Antonyms:: nonexistent
not having existence or being or actuality; extinct
(of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive; absent, lacking, missing, wanting
nonexistent; barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent
completely wanting or lacking; nonextant
no longer existing or inaccessible through loss or destruction; vanished
having passed out of existence; show more antonyms...

: concrete
capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; echt, genuine
not fake or counterfeit; actual
taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; actual, factual
existing in act or fact; documentary, objective
emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional matter, or interpretation; historical
having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world as distinct from being legendary; realistic
aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are; sincere
open and genuine; not deceitful

Antonyms:: unreal
lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; counterfeit, imitative
not genuine; imitating something superior; artificial, unreal
contrived by art rather than nature; supernatural
not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; dreamed
conceived of or imagined or hoped for; envisioned, pictured, visualised, visualized
seen in the mind as a mental image; eye-deceiving, trompe-l'oeil
creating the illusion of seeing reality; fabled, legendary
celebrated in fable or legend; fabricated, fancied, fictional, fictitious
formed or conceived by the imagination; fabulous, mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological
based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity; fanciful, imaginary, notional
not based on fact; unreal; fantastic, fantastical
existing in fancy only; hallucinatory
characterized by or characteristic of hallucination; illusional, illusionary
marked by or producing illusion; illusive, illusory
based on or having the nature of an illusion; make-believe, pretend
imagined as in a play; unrealistic
not realistic; insincere
lacking sincerity; show more antonyms...

Antonyms:: possible, potential
existing in possibility; latent
potentially existing but not presently evident or realized; show more antonyms...

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