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essences

noun , plural of essence

Synonyms and Antonyms of essences

1 the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is

the belief that power ultimately rests with the people is the very essence of democracy

Synonyms of essences

beings, essentialities, natures, quiddities, quintessences, souls, stuff, substances

Words Related to essences

hearts, spirits

alpha and omegas, centers, cores, keynotes, marrows, piths, seats

embodiments, epitomes, incarnations, manifestations, personifications

aspects, attributes, features, properties

gists, kernels, nubs

2 the central part or aspect of something under consideration

presented the essence of weeks of testimony in a 20-minute appeal to the jury

Synonyms of essences

bottom lines, bull's-eyes, centerpieces, cores, cruxes (also cruces), gists, hearts, kernels, keynotes, meats, meat and potatoes, nets, nubs, nubbins, nuclei (also nucleuses), piths, pivots, points, roots, sums

Words Related to essences

courses, directions, drifts, tenors

bodies, contents, substances

hypotheses, propositions, purports, subjects, themes, theses

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