be




have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

"John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

Types:
  • look
  • suffer; hurt
  • be well
  • suffer
  • feel
  • stay; remain; rest
  • continue
  • sparkle; scintillate; coruscate
  • confuse; throw; fox; befuddle; fuddle; bedevil; confound; discombobulate
  • rank
  • point
  • want; need; require
  • compact; pack
  • rest
  • cut
  • seethe; boil
  • mope; moon around; moon about
  • look; appear; seem
  • appear; seem
  • owe
  • belong
  • cover
  • represent
  • account
  • cut across
  • begin; start
  • begin
  • stand
  • specify; define; delineate; delimit; delimitate
  • go
  • make sense; add up
  • consist; comprise
  • prove; turn out; turn up
  • account for
  • remain
  • stand by; stick by; stick; adhere
  • loiter; lounge; footle; lollygag; loaf; lallygag; hang around; mess about; tarry; linger; lurk; mill about; mill around
  • total; number; add up; come; amount
  • count; matter; weigh
  • rate
  • deserve; merit
  • buy
  • shine
  • fall
  • depend
  • underlie
  • stink
  • suck
  • subtend; delimit
  • incarnate; body forth; embody; substantiate
  • contain; take; hold
  • cost; be
  • measure
  • hum; buzz; seethe
  • abound
  • disagree; disaccord; discord
  • gape; yawn; yaw
  • tend; be given; lean; incline; run
  • run; go
  • figure; enter
  • press
  • rage
  • relate; interrelate
  • rut
  • stagnate
  • stagnate
  • come in handy
  • squat
  • hoodoo
  • impend
  • range; run
  • stay; stay on; continue; remain
  • sell
  • translate
  • head; head up
  • come in for
  • compare
  • fall; come
  • run into; encounter
  • gravitate
  • pay
  • diverge
  • shine
  • iridesce
  • lie
  • stand
  • hang
  • litter
  • suit
  • end; terminate
  • fit
  • lend
  • let go
  • belong
  • belong
  • wind; twist; curve
  • jumble; mingle
  • promise
  • accept; take
  • clean
  • draw
  • wash
  • balance
  • hail; come
  • act
  • test
  • seem
  • answer
  • beat
  • hold
  • count
  • contain
  • connect
  • sell
  • sell
  • kill
  • make
  • deck; adorn; decorate; grace; embellish; beautify
  • consist
  • work
  • lubricate
  • breathe
  • trim
  • swing
  • osculate
  • retard
  • transplant
  • cohere
  • object
  • stick
  • recognize
  • distribute
  • put out
  • bake; broil
  • swim; drown
  • swim
  • belong


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