Synonyms for presence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : prez-uhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛz əns |
Top 10 synonyms for presence Other synonyms for the word presence
- aspect
- aura
- bearing
- being
- calmness
- carriage
- companionship
- company
- comportment
- cool
- coolness
- deportment
- ease
- habitation
- immediate circle
- imperturbability
- inhabitance
- latency
- levelheadedness
- look
- manifestation
- mien
- nearness
- neighborhood
- occupation
- omnipresence
- poise
- port
- potentiality
- propinquity
- proximity
- quickness
- residence
- sangfroid
- seeming
- self-assurance
- self-command
- self-composure
- self-possession
- sensibility
- set
- shade
- sobriety
- specter
- subsistence
- supernatural being
- ubiety
- ubiquity
- watchfulness
- whereabouts
- wits
- wraith
Définition of presence
Origin :- mid-14c., "fact of being present," from Old French presence (12c., Modern French présence), from Latin praesentia "a being present," from praesentem (see present (n.)). Meaning "carriage, demeanor, aspect" (especially if impressive) is from 1570s; that of "divine, spiritual, or incorporeal being felt as present" is from 1660s. Presence of mind (1660s) is a loan-translation of French présence d'esprit, Latin praesentia animi.
- noun occupancy, attendance
- noun appearance, demeanor
- noun closeness, vicinity
- noun ghost
- noun composure of mind
- Philothea has glided from the apartment, as if afraid to remain in my presence.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- "His countenance and his voice troubled me, like the presence of evil," answered Philothea.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- If it please you, lady, my master bids me say he desires your presence.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- But for the stranger's presence it would have been attended to two hours earlier.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- As a foil to his austerity, therefore, she would be audaciously gay in his presence.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "It'll be the makings of the boy," he said to Mrs. Bines in her son's presence.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- He no longer felt the presence of anything overt between them.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Not that in his presence she became vain or petty or jealous; that would have been impossible.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- The oath taken in the presence of the people becomes a mutual covenant.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- One cannot stand in this presence and be unmindful of the tremendous responsibility.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
Antonyms for presence
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