Synonyms and Antonyms of essence
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
heart, spirit
alpha and omega, center, core, keynote, marrow, pith, seat
embodiment, epitome, incarnation, manifestation, personification
aspect, attribute, feature, property
gist, kernel, nub
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
bottom line, bull's-eye, centerpiece, core, crux, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, point, root, sum
course, direction, drift, tenor
body, content, substance
hypothesis, proposition, purport, subject, theme, thesis
