Synonyms of the word

quiddity

• n. (philosophy) The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
• n. (law) A trifle; a nicety or quibble.
• n. An eccentricity; an odd feature.

cavil

• v. (intransitive) To criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
• n. A petty or trivial objection or criticism.

center

• n. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
• n. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
• n. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
• n. (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
• n. (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates…
• n. A place where some function or activity occurs.
• n. A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
• n. (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
• n. (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the…
• n. (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
• n. (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
• n. (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
• n. (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside…
• n. (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position…
• n. (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about…
• n. (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point…
• n. (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
• adj. Of, at, or related to a center.
• v. (transitive) To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
• v. (transitive) To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway…
• v. (transitive) To give (something) a central basis.
• v. (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
• v. (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

core

• n. The central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds.
• n. The heart or inner part of a physical thing.
• n. The center or inner part of a space or area.
• n. The most important part of a thing; the essence.
• n. (engineering) The portion of a mold that creates an internal cavity within a casting or that makes a hole…
• n. The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals.
• n. (computing) Magnetic data storage.
• n. (computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores…
• n. (engineering) The material between surface materials in a structured composite sandwich material.
• n. The inner part of a nuclear reactor in which the nuclear reaction takes place.
• n. A piece of soft iron, inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.
• n. A disorder of sheep caused by worms in the liver.
• n. A cylindrical sample of rock or other materials obtained by core drilling.
• n. (medicine) A tiny sample of organic material obtained by means of a fine-needle biopsy.
• n. (biochemistry) The central part of a protein structure consisting in mostly hydrophobic aminoacids.
• v. To remove the core of an apple or other fruit.
• v. To extract a sample with a drill.
• n. (obsolete) A body of individuals; an assemblage.
• n. A miner's underground working time or shift.
• n. (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume.
• n. (automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded…

equivocation

• n. (logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
• n. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim…

essence

• n. The inherent nature of a thing or idea.
• n. (philosophy) The true nature of anything, not accidental or illusory.
• n. Constituent substance.
• n. A being; especially, a purely spiritual being.
• n. A significant feature of something.
• n. The concentrated form of a plant or drug obtained through a distillation process.
• n. Fragrance, a perfume.

evasion

• n. The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation;…

gist

• n. The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux…
• n. (law, dated) The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action.
• n. (obsolete) Resting place (especially of animals), lodging.
• v. To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.

haecceity

• n. (philosophy) The essence of a particular thing that gives it its unique particularity; those qualities…

heart

• n. (anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of…
• n. (uncountable) Emotions, kindness, moral effort, or spirit in general.
• n. The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage,…
• n. Courage; courageous purpose; spirit.
• n. Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
• n. (archaic) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address.
• n. A conventional shape or symbol used to represent the heart, love, or emotion: ♥ or sometimes <3.
• n. A playing card of the suit hearts featuring one or more heart-shaped symbols.
• n. The centre, essence, or core.
• v. (transitive, poetic or humorous) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
• v. (transitive, masonry) To fill an interior with rubble, as a wall or a breakwater.
• v. (intransitive, agriculture, botany) To form a dense cluster of leaves, a heart, especially of lettuce…

inwardness

• n. The characteristic of being inward; directed towards the inside.
• n. (obsolete) Internal or true state; essential nature.
• n. (obsolete) intimacy; familiarity.
• n. (obsolete) heartiness; earnestness.

kernel

• n. The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
• n. The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
• n. A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
• n. (US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
• n. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
• n. (computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and…
• n. (calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
• n. (mathematics) A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value.
• n. (mathematics, algebra) Those elements, in the domain of a function, which the function maps to zero.
• n. (mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose…
• n. (slang) The human clitoris.

marrow

• n. (uncountable) The substance inside bones which produces blood cells.
• n. (countable) A kind of vegetable like a large courgette/zucchini or squash.
• n. The essence; the best part.
• n. (Geordie, informal) A friend, pal, buddy, mate.
• n. (Scotland) One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate.

meat

• n. (now archaic, dialectal) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
• n. (now rare) A type of food, a dish.
• n. (now archaic) A meal.
• n. (uncountable) The flesh of an animal used as food.
• n. (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
• n. (slang) A penis.
• n. (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
• n. (colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.
• n. (sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
• n. A meathead.
• n. (Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

nitty-gritty

• n. (colloquial) The essence or core of something; the details.

nub

• n. (obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk cocoon.
• n. A small lump or knob.
• n. The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
• n. (slang) The clitoris.
• v. (baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
• v. To push; to nudge.
• v. To beckon.
• n. (Internet, slang) A noob; a newcomer or incompetent.

pith

• n. The soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees.
• n. The spongy interior substance of a feather.
• n. The spinal cord; the marrow.
• n. The albedo of a citrus fruit.
• n. (figuratively) The essential or vital part.
• v. (transitive) To extract the pith from (a plant stem or tree).
• v. (transitive) To kill (especially cattle or laboratory animals) by cutting or piercing the spinal cord.

quibble

• n. A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument.
• n. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; a cavil.
• n. (obsolete) A pun.
• v. (intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

substance

• n. Physical matter; material.
• n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
• n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
• n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
• n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
• n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
• n. (theology) Hypostasis.

sum

• n. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
• n. (often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily…
• n. A quantity of money.
• n. A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium.
• n. A central idea or point.
• n. The utmost degree.
• n. (obsolete) An old English measure of corn equal to the quarter.
• v. (transitive) To add together.
• v. (transitive) To give a summary of.
• n. The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan.
• n. The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan.
• pron. (African American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of some.