Found 2 items, similar to Existent.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: existent existent adj 1: 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: existing] [ant: nonexistent] 2: 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] [ant: unreal] 3: presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; “the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different”; “actual and imagined conditions” [syn: actual] [ant: potential]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Existent 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]