Synonyms for essence
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Gist
heart, gist, spirit, pith, substance, soul, heart and soul, marrow, kernel, existence, life, core, sum, nub, being, effect, crux, meat, nitty-gritty informal, burden, center US CA, centre UK, ghost
Other
quintessence, nature, idea, element, life-blood, entity, quiddity, basicity, whatness, extract dated
Definitions
- n. 1
The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
CHARITY is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands, ſays an old writer. Gifts and alms are the expreſſions, not the eſſence of this virtue.
- n. 2
The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
Related words
- Word family
- essenceless essential essentially
- Phrases
- of the essence vanilla essence
Forms
- Plural
- essences → hearts, gists, spirits, piths…
Example sentences
- soul What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
- substance The result of the experiment was a blue substance.
- gist Did I understand the gist of the question correctly?
- scent It seems like the cat caught the scent of a mouse.
- aroma The aroma of the wine was intoxicating to Adriano.
By length
- 3 letters
- sum1, nub1
- 4 letters
- life1, idea3, soul1, core1, meat1, odor2, gist1, crux1, pith1
- 5 letters
- being2, heart1, ghost1, scent1, aroma3, odour2
- 6 letters
- center2, effect2, centre2, nature2, spirit2, burden2, entity3, flavor2, kernel2, marrow2
- 7 letters
- element3, extract2, perfume2, flavour, bouquet2
- 8 letters
- basicity, quiddity, whatness
- 9 letters
- existence3, substance2
- 12 letters
- quintessence3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idea3 = 3 syllables).