entity

Meaning

1. That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
2. The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
3. Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, one item in an organised array or set of individual elements or parts of the same type.
4. The state or quality of being or existence.
5. A spirit, ghost, or the like.
6. An alien lifeform that has no corporeal body.

Synonyms

being

substance

existence

essence

ens

matter

nature

esse

object

unit

thing

reality

group

institution

living

main body

marrow

material

noumenon

nub

occurrence

ontology

organism

organization

pith

pithiness

quiddity

quintessence

savor

savour

set-up

structure

subsistence

surrogate

tangible

totality

union

unity

kit and caboodle

machanism

real thing

something substantial

integrality

tout ensemble

solid mass

whole

group enterprising

body

business

category

Translations

entité

Entität

entidad

entità

entidade

οντότητα

varlık

Wesen

entitat

Ding

ente

ύπαρξη

entiteit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛn.tɪ.ti/

Etymology

From the Medieval Latin entitās, from ēns (“being”) (stem: ent-) + -tās (compare essentia), see there for more information.