Words Like QUINTESSENCE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to QUINTESSENCE.

21 Alternative Words Similar to quintessence

1 Ether Noun      Synonym Words Like Ether
2 Center Noun      Synonym Words Like Center
3 Core Noun      Synonym Words Like Core
4 Element Noun      Synonym Words Like Element
5 Essence Noun      Synonym Words Like Essence
6 Example Noun      Synonym Words Like Example
7 Gist Noun      Synonym Words Like Gist
8 Heart Noun      Synonym Words Like Heart
9 Illustration Noun      Synonym Words Like Illustration
10 Instance Noun      Synonym Words Like Instance
11 Inwardness Noun      Synonym Words Like Inwardness
12 Kernel Noun      Synonym Words Like Kernel
13 Marrow Noun      Synonym Words Like Marrow
14 Meat Noun      Synonym Words Like Meat
15 Nub Noun      Synonym Words Like Nub
16 Pith Noun      Synonym Words Like Pith
17 Representative Noun      Synonym Words Like Representative
18 Substance Noun      Synonym Words Like Substance
19 Sum Noun      Synonym Words Like Sum
20 Ferment Noun      Variant Words Like Ferment
21 Centre Noun      Hypernym Words Like Centre

10 definitions of quintessence

1 The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under ferment.
2 Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.
3 The most characteristic form or most perfect example of some type of object.
4 To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence.
5 the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
6 the most typical example or representative of a type
7 the purest and most concentrated essence of something
8 The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing.
9 The purest or most typical instance: the quintessence of evil.
10 In ancient and medieval philosophy, the fifth and highest essence after the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, thought to be the substance of the heavenly bodies and latent in all things.
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