Synonyms for pith
All synonyms
Noun
1. Substance — the essential or vital part of something; the essence
heart, substance, nub, essence, kernel, gist, core, meat, soul, root, quintessence, stuff, spirit, sum, guts, nuts and bolts, heart and soul, force, nitty-gritty informal, vigor US, vigour UK, importance, moment
Definitions
- n. 1
The essential or vital part of something; the essence.
The pith of my idea is that people should choose their own work hours.
Related words
- Word family
- pithless pithlike pithy
- Phrases
- pith helmet
Forms
- Plural
- piths → hearts, substances, nubs, essences…
Example sentences
- root Quichua is like the root of the indigenous people.
- substance The result of the experiment was a blue substance.
- nub The nub of the dispute was unknown but its results were easy to predict.
By length
- 3 letters
- sum1, nub1
- 4 letters
- soul1, core1, meat1, root1, guts1, gist1
- 5 letters
- heart1, force1, stuff1, vigor2, diple
- 6 letters
- moment2, center2, centre2, spirit2, kernel2, vigour, diploe
- 7 letters
- essence2
- 9 letters
- substance2
- 10 letters
- importance3
- 12 letters
- quintessence3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vigor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- mœlle