quintessence
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies
Types & categories
- element hypernym
Related & opposite
- supernal derivation
- quintessential derivation
- archaism domain usage
Sense 2 noun
the purest and most concentrated essence of something
Types & categories
- essence hypernym
Related & opposite
- quintessential derivation
Sense 3 noun
the most typical example or representative of a type
Types & categories
- example hypernym
Related & opposite
- quintessential derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | supernal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quintessential |
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | element |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | quintessential |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | essence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | quintessential |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | example |