Synonyms for essence
ˈɛs əns

Princeton's WordNet(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

   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. essence(noun)

   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, gist(noun)

   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, essence(noun)

   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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.20 / 5 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. essence(n)

   Synonyms:
   being, nature, substance

   Antonyms:
   attribute, attribute, property, quality

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. essence

   Synonyms:
   being, life, entity, nature, substance

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. essence(n.)

   Synonyms:
   nature, substance, quintessence, essential part

2. essence(n.)

   Synonyms:
   extract, volatile part, rectified portion

3. essence(n.)

   Synonyms:
   odor, perfume, scent

4. essence(n.)

   Synonyms:
   being, existence, entity

5. essence(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   perfume, scent, odor

PPDB, the paraphrase database(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "essence":

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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. ESSENCE

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

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1. Christopher Cardozo:

   Really the core and the essence of the photographs in this book, 'One Hundred Masterworks,' are really all about the art and the beauty and who these people were as human beings, independent of any cultural group.

2. Emeasoba George:

   Do away with all your worries and regrets. What am I trying to say in essence? I'm saying that you should cast all your worries or regrets on God. For, he (God) cares for you scripture reference (1st Peter 5:7). Mind you, if you keep on worrying or regretting, you cannot and will not help your condition. Rather, you will end up worsening it. But, when you cast all your worries on God. He will surely put his peace or calmness in your heart and life and as well he will take care of you. Yes of course, he can and he will surely take care of you. So, quit worrying or regretting over and over again. -Emeasoba George

3. Charles Caleb Colton:

   Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness, when bequeathed by those who. when alive, would not have contributed.

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The essence of all jokes, of all comedy, seems to be an honest or well intended halfness; a non performance of that which is pretended to be performed, at the same time that one is giving loud pledges of performance. The balking of the intellect, is comedy and it announces itself in the pleasant spasms we call laughter.

5. James Anthony Froude:

   The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

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