NOUN | cognition | essence, kernel, substance, core, center, centre, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
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substance | essence | any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted | |
communication | essence, effect, burden, core, gist | the central meaning / meaning or theme of a speech or literary work | |
artifact | essence, perfume | a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor |
Sounds | eh'sahns | |
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Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... |
Meaning | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. | |
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Synonyms | kernel, substance, core, center, centre, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | |
Narrower | bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements |
hypostasis | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | |
quiddity, haecceity | The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other | |
quintessence | The purest and most concentrated essence of something | |
stuff | A critically important or characteristic component | |
Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object | The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
Spanish | centro, corazón, enjundia, esencia, médula, meollo, núcleo, quid, sustancia | |
Catalan | bessó, centre, cor, essència, nucli, quid, substància | |
Adjectives | essential | of the greatest importance |
Meaning | Any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted. | |
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Broader | substance | The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists |
Spanish | esencia, extracto | |
Catalan | essència | |
Adjectives | essential | being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc |
Meaning | The central meaning / meaning or theme of a speech or literary work. | |
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Synonyms | effect, burden, core, gist | |
Broader | meaning, significance, signification, import | The message that is intended or expressed or signified |
Spanish | esencia, meollo, núcleo | |
Catalan | cor, essència, nucli |
Meaning | A toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor. | |
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Synonym | perfume | |
Narrower | cologne, cologne water, eau de cologne | A perfumed liquid / liquid made of essential oils and alcohol |
patchouli, patchouly, pachouli | A heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | |
perfumery | perfumes in general | |
potpourri | A jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume | |
rose water | perfume consisting of water scented with oil of roses | |
toilet water, eau de toilette | A perfumed liquid / liquid lighter than cologne | |
Broader | toiletry, toilet articles | artifacts used in making your toilet (washing and taking care of your body) |
Spanish | esencia, perfume | |
Catalan | essència, perfum |
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