Standard Lemma guide

nonexistent

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not existent or existing; not real.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • "Hrunk" is a nonexistent word.
  • His social skills are nonexistent: he chewed with his mouth open all through dinner.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inexistent, absent, beingless, extinct, inessential, nonexistent, null, zilch

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not present or occurring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something that does not exist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

not having existence or being or actuality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • chimeras are nonexistent

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: existent

History

Etymology

From non- + existent.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: የለም (yelemi) — not existent
  • Arabic: مَعْدُوم (maʕdūm) — not existent
  • Armenian: գոյություն չունեցող (goyutʻyun čʻunecʻoġ) — not existent
  • Belarusian: неісну́ючы (njeisnújučy) — not existent
  • Bulgarian: несъществу́ващ (nesǎštestvúvašt) — not existent
  • Catalan: inexistent — not existent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不存在的 (bù cúnzài de) — not existent
  • Czech: neexistující — not existent
  • Danish: ikkeeksisterende — not existent
  • Dutch: niet-bestaand — not existent
  • Esperanto: neekzistanta — not existent
  • Finnish: olematon — not existent
  • French: inexistant — not existent
  • Galician: inexistente — not existent
  • Georgian: არარსებული (ararsebuli) — not existent
  • German: nichtexistierend — not existent
  • German: nicht vorhanden — not existent
  • German: nicht existent — not existent
  • German: unbefindlich — not existent
  • Haitian Creole: inègzistan — not existent
  • Hungarian: nem létező — not existent
  • Ido: nihilo — not existent
  • Italian: inesistente — not existent
  • Japanese: 存在しない (sonzai shinai) — not existent
  • Japanese: 無い (nai) — not existent
  • Korean: 존재하지 않는 (jonjaehaji anneun) — not existent
  • Macedonian: непостоечки (nepostoečki) — not existent
  • Maltese: ineżistenti — not existent
  • Polish: nieistniejący — not existent
  • Portuguese: inexistente — not existent
  • Romanian: neexistent — not existent
  • Romanian: nonexistent — not existent
  • Romanian: inexistent — not existent
  • Russian: несуществу́ющий (nesuščestvújuščij) — not existent
  • Rwanda-Rundi: kitariho — not existent
  • Sanskrit: असत् (asat) — not existent
  • Serbo-Croatian: непо́стоје̄ћӣ — not existent
  • Serbo-Croatian: nepóstojēćī — not existent
  • Slovak: neexistujúci — not existent
  • Slovene: neobstoječ — not existent
  • Spanish: inexistente — not existent
  • Swedish: obefintlig — not existent
  • Swedish: icke-existerande — not existent
  • Tamil: கிடையாத (kiṭaiyāta) — not existent
  • Tamil: இல்லாத (illāta) — not existent
  • Turkish: mevcut olmayan — not existent
  • Turkish: namevcut — not existent
  • Turkish: yok — not existent
  • Ukrainian: неісну́ючий (neisnújučyj) — not existent