essence

essence is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The constituent elementary notions which constitute a complex notion, and must be enumerated to define it; sometimes called the nominal essence.
2. noun. The constituent quality or qualities which belong to any object, or class of objects, or on which they depend for being what they are (distinguished as real essence); the real being, divested of all logical accidents; that quality which constitutes or marks the true nature of anything; distinctive character; hence, virtue or quality of a thing, separated from its grosser parts.
3. noun. Constituent substance.
4. noun. A being; esp., a purely spiritual being.
5. noun. The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like.
6. noun. Perfume; odor; scent; or the volatile matter constituting perfume.
7. transitive verb. To perfume; to scent.
8. noun. a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

   Synonyms: perfume

9. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: center, centre, core, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, substance

10. noun. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

    Synonyms: burden, core, effect, gist

11. noun. any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

Synonyms

perfume, center, centre, core, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, substance, sum, burden, effect

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in essence:

necesse, senesce

Common word forms

essenced, essences, essencing

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