'Existent' definitions:
Definition of 'existent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran" [syn: existent, existing] [ant: nonexistent]
adjective
Being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: real, existent] [ant: unreal]
adjective
Definition of 'Existent'
From: GCIDE
- Existent \Ex*ist"ent\, a. [L. existens, -entis, p. pr. of existere. See Exist.] Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place. [1913 Webster]
- The eyes and mind are fastened on objects which have no real being, as if they were truly existent. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'existent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboveground,
- actual,
- alive,
- alive and kicking,
- among the living,
- animate,
- animated,
- around,
- as is,
- being,
- breathing,
- capable of life,
- conscious,
- contemporaneous,
- contemporary,
- current,
- endowed with life,
- enlivened,
- existence,
- existing,
- extant,
- fresh,
- immanent,
- immediate,
- in being,
- in effect,
- in existence,
- in force,
- in the flesh,
- individual,
- inspirited,
- instant,
- instinct with life,
- latest,
- live,
- living,
- long-lived,
- modern,
- new,
- on foot,
- present,
- present-age,
- present-day,
- present-time,
- prevalent,
- quick,
- running,
- something,
- subsistent,
- subsisting,
- tenacious of life,
- that be,
- that is,
- thing,
- topical,
- under the sun,
- up-to-date,
- up-to-the-minute,
- very much alive,
- viable,
- vital,
- vivified,
- zoetic