WERE

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

Example: "John is rich"

• look  8
• hurt  7
• suffer  12
• be well
• • suffer  12
  • feel  7
  • remain  8
  • rest  4
  • stay  7
  • continue  10
  • coruscate  13
  • scintillate  13
  • sparkle  13
  • bedevil  13
  • befuddle  15
  • confound  14
  • confuse  12
  • discombobulate  23
  • fox  13
  • fuddle  11
  • throw  11
  • rank  8
  • point  7
  • need  5
  • require  16
  • want  7
  • compact  15
  • pack  12
  • rest  4
  • cut  5
  • boil  6
  • seethe  9
  • moon about
  • moon around
  • mope  8
  • appear  10
  • look  8
  • seem  6
  • appear  10
  • seem  6
  • owe  6
  • belong  9
  • cover  10
  • represent  11
  • account  11
  • cut across
  • begin  8
  • start  5
  • begin  8
  • stand  6
  • define  10
  • delimit  10
  • delimitate  13
  • delineate  10
  • specify  17
  • go  3
  • add up
  • make sense
  • comprise  14
  • consist  9
  • prove  10
  • turn out
  • turn up
  • account for
  • remain  8
  • adhere  10
  • stand by
  • stick  11
  • stick by
  • footle  9
  • hang around
  • lallygag  13
  • linger  7
  • loaf  7
  • loiter  6
  • lollygag  13
  • lounge  7
  • lurk  8
  • mess about
  • mill about
  • mill around
  • tarry  8
  • add up
  • amount  8
  • come  8
  • number  10
  • total  5
  • count  7
  • matter  8
  • weigh  12
  • rate  4
  • deserve  11
  • merit  7
  • buy  8
  • shine  8
  • fall  7
  • depend  10
  • underlie  9
  • behoove  15
  • behove  14
  • stink  9
  • delimit  10
  • subtend  10
  • body forth
  • embody  14
  • incarnate  11
  • substantiate  14
  • contain  9
  • hold  8
  • take  8
  • be  4
  • cost  6
  • measure  9
  • buzz  24
  • hum  8
  • seethe  9
  • abound  9
  • disaccord  15
  • disagree  10
  • discord  11
  • gape  7
  • yaw  9
  • yawn  10
  • be given
  • incline  9
  • lean  4
  • run  3
  • tend  5
  • go  3
  • run  3
  • enter  5
  • figure  10
  • press  7
  • rage  5
  • interrelate  11
  • relate  6
  • rut  3
  • stagnate  9
  • stagnate  9
  • come in handy
  • squat  14
  • hoodoo  10
  • impend  11
  • range  6
  • run  3
  • continue  10
  • remain  8
  • stay  7
  • stay on
  • sell  4
  • translate  9
  • head  8
  • head up
  • come in for
  • compare  13
  • come  8
  • fall  7
  • encounter  11
  • run into
  • gravitate  13
  • pay  8
  • diverge  12
  • shine  8
  • iridesce
  • lie  3
  • stand  6
  • hang  8
  • litter  6
  • suit  4
  • end  4
  • terminate  11
  • fit  6
  • lend  5
  • let go
  • belong  9
  • belong  9
  • curve  10
  • twist  8
  • wind  8
  • jumble  17
  • mingle  9
  • promise  11
  • accept  12
  • take  8
  • clean  7
  • draw  8
  • wash  10
  • balance  11
  • come  8
  • hail  7
  • act  5
  • test  4
  • answer  9
  • beat  6
  • hold  8
  • count  7
  • contain  9
  • connect  11
  • sell  4
  • sell  4
  • make  10
  • adorn  6
  • beautify  16
  • deck  11
  • decorate  11
  • embellish  16
  • grace  8
  • consist  9
  • work  11
  • lubricate  13
  • breathe  12
  • trim  6
  • swing  9
  • osculate  10
  • transplant  12
  • cohere  11
  • object  17
  • stick  11
  • recognize  21
  • distribute  13
  • put out
  • bake  10
  • broil  7
  • drown  9
  • swim  9
  • swim  9
  • belong  9
  • geek  9
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Be identical to; be someone or something

Example: "The president of the company is john smith"

Occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

Example: "Where is my umbrella?"

• stretch  12
• stretch along
• attend  7
• fill  7
• • occupy  15
  • dwell  9
  • inhabit  12
  • live  7
  • populate  12
  • inhabit  12
  • keep one's distance
  • keep one's eyes off
  • keep one's hands off
  • stand back
  • stay away
  • extend to
  • reach  10
  • touch  10
  • extend  14
  • go  3
  • lead  5
  • pass  6
  • run  3
  • go  3
  • lead  5
  • continue  10
  • cover  10
  • extend  14
  • extend  14
  • poke out
  • reach out
  • lie  3
  • sit  3
  • sit  3
  • sit around
  • face  9
  • straddle  10
  • follow  12
  • center on
  • lie  3
  • rest  4
  • belong  9
  • go  3
  • come  8
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Have an existence, be extant

Example: "Is there a god?"

• exist  12

• come  8
• preexist  17
• kick about
• kick around
• • knock about
  • coexist  16
  • cohabit  14
  • indwell  11
  • hold  8
  • obtain  8
  • prevail  12
  • consist  9
  • dwell  9
  • lie  3
  • endanger  10
  • imperil  11
  • jeopardise  20
  • jeopardize  29
  • menace  10
  • peril  7
  • threaten  11
  • flow  10
  • distribute  13
  • dwell  9
  • inhabit  12
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Happen, occur, take place

Example: "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"

Be identical or equivalent to

Example: "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

• equal  14

• correspond  15
• equate  15
• agree  6
• check  16
• • correspond  15
  • fit  6
  • gibe  7
  • jibe  13
  • match  12
  • tally  8
  • correspond  15
  • represent  11
  • stand for
  • translate  9
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Form or compose

Example: "This money is my only income"

• comprise  14
• constitute  12
• represent  11

• make  10
• compose  13
• constitute  12
• form  9
• • make  10
  • range  6
  • straddle  10
  • fall into
  • fall under
  • pose  6
  • present  9
  • supplement  16
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Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

Example: "He is a herpetologist"

• follow  12

• vet  6

Represent, as of a character on stage

Example: "Derek jacobi was hamlet"

• embody  14
• personify  17

• represent  11
• stand for
• symbolise  16
• symbolize  25
• typify  17

• body  10
• personify  17
• exemplify  26
• represent  11

Spend or use time

Example: "I may be an hour"

Have life, be alive

Example: "Our great leader is no more"

• live  7

To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

Example: "Let her be"

Be priced at

Example: "These shoes cost $100"

• cost  6

• be  4

• knock back
• put back