Synonyms for essence
ˈɛs ənsessence

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.2 / 5 votes

1. essencenoun

   Synonyms:
   being, nature, substance

   Antonyms:
   attribute, attribute, property, quality

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1. essence

   Synonyms:
   being, life, entity, nature, substance

   Antonyms:
   accident, property, additament, garb, clothing, surroundings

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun

   the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

   "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

   Synonyms:
   affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, center, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, marrow, heart and soul, sum, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, kernel, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middle

2. essencenoun

   any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

   Synonyms:
   nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, sum, gist, heart and soul, effect, substance, nub, center, burden, centre, kernel, heart, perfume, marrow, pith

3. effect, essence, burden, core, gistnoun

   the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

   Synonyms:
   substance, loading, perfume, meat, centre, burden, center, consequence, core, marrow, load, sum, impression, event, heart and soul, core group, upshot, effect, nub, kernel, nitty-gritty, gist, inwardness, pith, heart, nucleus, onus, magnetic core, outcome, encumbrance, issue, force, incumbrance, result

4. perfume, essencenoun

   a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

   Synonyms:
   nitty-gritty, meat, core, sum, gist, heart and soul, effect, substance, nub, center, burden, inwardness, kernel, fragrance, aroma, heart, perfume, scent, centre, marrow, pith

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1. • Meaning
   • Substance
   • Toiletry

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. essencenoun

   Synonyms:
   nature, substance, quintessence, essential part

2. essencenoun

   Synonyms:
   extract, volatile part, rectified portion

3. essencenoun

   Synonyms:
   odor, perfume, scent

4. essencenoun

   Synonyms:
   being, existence, entity

5. essenceverb

   Synonyms:
   perfume, scent, odor

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "essence":

   substance, gasoline, quintessence, petrol, gist, heart, crux, nature, gas, core, essential, thrust, spirit, fuel

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1. ESSENCE

   Synonyms:
   Efficacy & Safety of Subcutaneous Enoxaparin in Non-Q-wave Coronary Events

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1. Isaac Asimov:

   Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today -- but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.

2. George Orwell:

   The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and broken up by life, which is the inevitable price of fastening one's love upon other human individuals.

3. Nozipho Joyce Mxakato-Diseko:

   It is just like apartheid, we find ourselves in a position where in essence we are disenfranchised.

4. Marco Rubio:

   This election is about the essence of America, about all of us who feel out of place in our own country.

5. Jean-Paul Sartre:

   Existence precedes and rules essence.