Synonyms for quintessence
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Essence — the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form
essence, soul, spirit, pith, heart, core, substance, marrow, extract, gist, stuff, kernel, nub, meat, nuts and bolts, quiddity, gravamen, whatness, crux, nitty-gritty informal, inwardness dated
2. Epitome — A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome…
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
- n. 2
The essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form.
Related words
- Word family
- quintessential quintessentially
Forms
- Plural
- quintessences → essences, souls, 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.
- essence What do you think is the essence of the training?
- epitome I am the epitome of toxicity all in one individual.
- archetype Mr. Jackson fits the archetype of a wizard.
By length
- 3 letters
- nub1
- 4 letters
- soul1, core1, meat1, gist1, crux1, pith1
- 5 letters
- heart1, stuff1, model2, cream1, ether2
- 6 letters
- spirit2, kernel2, marrow2
- 7 letters
- essence2, extract2, epitome4, paragon3
- 8 letters
- exemplar3, quiddity, gravamen3, whatness
- 9 letters
- substance2, archetype3
- 10 letters
- inwardness
- 12 letters
- distillation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (model2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- quintessence
- Italiano
- quintessenza
- Deutsch
- Quintessenz