Synonyms of essences

essences

noun

plural of essence

1

as in substances

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 & Similar Words

• substances
• natures
• souls
• manifestations
• beings
• spirits
• hearts
• essentialities
• quiddities
• aspects
• properties
• quintessences
• attributes
• stuff
• cores
• features
• centers
• kernels
• incarnations
• personifications
• piths
• marrows
• embodiments
• keynotes
• seats
• epitomes
• gists
• nubs
• alpha and omegas

2

as in roots

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 & Similar Words

• roots
• hearts
• cores
• kernels
• points
• meats
• sums
• nuclei
• centerpieces
• bottom lines
• gists
• themes
• subjects
• substances
• piths
• nets
• pivots
• cruxes
• nubs
• keynotes
• cruces
• nucleuses
• meat and potatoes
• nubbins
• contents
• directions
• bull's-eyes
• tenors
• bullseyes
• bodies
• courses
• propositions
• hypotheses
• drifts
• theses
• purports