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essence
Overview of noun essence
The noun essence has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) kernel, substance, core, center, essence, 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; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story")
2. 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)
3. effect, essence, burden, core, gist -- (the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work)
4. perfume, essence -- (a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun essence
4 senses of essence
Sense 1
kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
essence
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
effect, essence, burden, core, gist
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
perfume, essence
=> toiletry, toilet article
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun essence
2 of 4 senses of essence
Sense 1
kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
=> bare bones
=> hypostasis
=> quiddity, haecceity
=> quintessence
=> stuff
Sense 4
perfume, essence
=> cologne, cologne water, eau de cologne
=> patchouli, patchouly, pachouli
=> perfumery
=> potpourri
=> rose water
=> toilet water, eau de toilette
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun essence
4 senses of essence
Sense 1
kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
Sense 2
essence
=> substance, matter
Sense 3
effect, essence, burden, core, gist
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
Sense 4
perfume, essence
=> toiletry, toilet article
Antonyms of noun essence
Member Holonyms of noun essence
Substance Holonyms of noun essence
Part Holonyms of noun essence
Member Meronyms of noun essence
Substance Meronyms of noun essence
Part Meronyms of noun essence
Meronyms of noun essence
Holonyms of noun essence
Attributes of noun essence
Derived Forms of noun essence
2 of 4 senses of essence
Sense 1
kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
RELATED TO>(adj) essential#3
=> all-important(prenominal), all important(predicate), crucial, essential, of the essence(predicate)
Sense 2
essence
RELATED TO>(adj) essential#4
=> essential
Domain of noun essence
Domain Terms of noun essence
Familiarity of noun essence
essence used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun essence
4 senses of essence
Sense 1
kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> tradition
=> object
=> food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment
=> noumenon, thing-in-itself
=> universe, universe of discourse
=> topic, subject, issue, matter
=> issue
=> idea, thought
=> kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
=> wisdom
=> representation, mental representation, internal representation
=> belief
=> unbelief, disbelief
=> heresy, unorthodoxy
=> goal, end
=> education
=> experience
=> acculturation, culture
=> lore, traditional knowledge
=> ignorance
=> knowledge domain, knowledge base
=> metaknowledge
Sense 2
essence
> substance, matter
=> food, nutrient
=> ballast
=> bedding material, bedding, litter
=> body substance
=> protoplasm, living substance
=> drift
=> grinding
=> sediment, deposit
=> material, stuff
=> ylem
=> dark matter
=> antimatter
=> micronutrient
=> philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, elixir
=> precursor
=> phlogiston
=> allergen
=> assay
=> pyrogen, pyrectic
=> pyrogen
=> mixture
=> hydrocolloid
=> adulterant, adulterator
=> atom
=> chemical element, element
=> propellant, propellent
=> denaturant
=> activator
=> inhibitor
=> ferment
=> substrate
=> carcinogen
=> compound, chemical compound
=> digestive
=> element
=> foamentation
=> fuel
=> medium
=> culture medium, medium
=> medium
=> humectant
=> inoculant, inoculum
=> jelly
=> leaven, leavening
=> fluid
=> fluid
=> sludge, slime, goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
=> system
=> refrigerant
=> residue
=> lysin
=> poison, toxicant, poisonous substance
=> chemical irritant
=> antigen
=> solid
=> solute
=> solvate
=> volatile
=> emanation
=> essence
=> ligand
=> metabolite
=> vegetable matter
=> vehicle
Sense 3
effect, essence, burden, core, gist
> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> lexical meaning
=> grammatical meaning
=> symbolization, symbolisation
=> sense, signified
=> intension, connotation
=> referent
=> effect, essence, burden, core, gist
=> intent, purport, spirit
=> moral, lesson
=> nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
=> overtone
=> point
Sense 4
perfume, essence
> toiletry, toilet article
=> antiperspirant
=> bath oil
=> bath salts
=> cosmetic
=> cream, ointment, emollient
=> deodorant, deodourant
=> hairdressing, hair tonic, hair oil, hair grease
=> hair spray
=> lotion
=> mousse, hair mousse, hair gel
=> perfume, essence
=> powder
=> shaving cream, shaving soap
=> shaving foam
=> toothbrush
Meronyms of noun essence
4 senses of essence
Sense 4
perfume, essence
=> toiletry, toilet article
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun essence
Grep of noun essence
essence
quintessence
Grep of adj essence
of the essence
Grep of adv essence
in essence
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