ESSENCE Synonyms

• of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher

• a building dedicated to a particular activity

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the object upon which interest and attention focuses

• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

• the middle of a military or naval formation

• (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team

• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

• a place where some particular activity is concentrated

• politically moderate persons; centrists

• (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

• the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game

• (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play

• a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game

• equally distant from the extremes

• center upon

• direct one's attention on something

• move into the center

• the most important point

• a small conspicuous constellation in the Southern Hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus

• the locus of feelings and intuitions

• the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body

• the courage to carry on

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

• a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines

• a firm rather dry variety meat (usually beef or veal)

• a positive feeling of liking

• a playing card in the major suit that has one or more red hearts on it

• the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

• the purest and most concentrated essence of something

• the most typical example or representative of a type

• the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the idea that is intended

• material of a particular kind or constitution

• considerable capital (wealth or income)

• content communicating a message; what something is about

• the property of holding together and retaining its shape

• a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties

• the state or fact of existing

• a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

• an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

• a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

• the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

• an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• good repute

• a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

• a written symbol that is used to represent speech

• (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

• engrave or inscribe characters on

• a new personification of a familiar idea

• a concrete representation of an otherwise nebulous concept

• giving concrete form to an abstract concept

• (anthropology) the distinctive spirit of a culture or an era

• any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business

• the lowest tone of a harmonic series

• serving as an essential component

• being or involving basic facts or principles

• far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something

• the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

• a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe

• the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.

• the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions

• a particular type of thing

• a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct

• a rule or standard especially of good behavior

• a basic truth or law or assumption

• a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system

• rule of personal conduct

• (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

• all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you

• the state of being actual or real

• the state of the world as it really is rather than as you might want it to be

• the quality possessed by something that is real

• the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

• a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

• deep feeling or emotion

• the human embodiment of something

• a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s

• the vital principle or animating force within living things

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

• any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings

• the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)

• the intended meaning of a communication

• animation and energy in action or expression

• an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

• infuse with spirit

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• any property detected by the olfactory system

• a distinctive odor that is pleasant

• an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

• a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

• an onerous or difficult concern

• weight to be borne or conveyed

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

• weight down with a load

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to