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Synonyms for essence
ˈɛs ənsessence

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.2 / 5 votes

  1. essencenoun

    Synonyms:
    being, nature, substance

    Antonyms:
    attribute, attribute, property, quality

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. essence

    Synonyms:
    being, life, entity, nature, substance

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

Princeton's WordNet3.7 / 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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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. ESSENCE

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

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How to use essence in a sentence?

  1. Bruce Barton:

    Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

  2. Dejan Stojanovic:

    In the essence of truth lies deceit. Deceit dispels the boredom of the Absolute.

  3. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov:

    Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.

  4. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

    Curiosity, in its purest form, also nurtures the essence of creativity. It encourages us to view things from new perspectives, to imagine the unimaginable, and to create what has never been created before.

  5. Barbara Cook:

    If you're able to be yourself, then you have no competition. All you have to do is get closer and closer to that essence.


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