existing

Questions about existing

What does existing mean?

existing means "presently existing". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in existing?

existing has 3 syllables: ex-is-ting. The stress falls on "is". In IPA it is /ɪɡˈzɪstɪŋ/.

What is another word for existing?

Close synonyms include existent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is existing a common word?

existing is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with existing?

2 words rhyme with existing. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.