Big Huge Thesaurus

quintessence

noun

• ether
• center
• core
• element
• essence
• example
• gist
• heart
• heart and soul
• illustration
• instance
• inwardness
• kernel
• marrow
• meat
• nitty-gritty
• nub
• pith
• representative
• substance
• sum

rhymes with

• abhorrence
• absence
• abstinence
• abundance
• acceptance
• accordance
• acquaintance
• acquiescence
• adherence
• admittance
• adolescence
• allegiance
• ambivalence
• ambulance
• appearance
• arrogance
• ascendance
• assistance
• assurance
• attendance
• avoidance
• balance
• beneficence
• benevolence
• brilliance
• cadence
• capacitance
• circumference
• clarence
• clearance
• coexistence
• cognizance
• coherence
• coincidence
• comeuppance
• condolence
• confidence
• conformance
• connivance
• conscience
• consequence
• consistence
• constance
• contrivance
• convalescence
• convenience
• convergence
• correspondence
• countenance
• counterbalance
• counterintelligence
• credence
• decadence
• dependence
• diligence
• disappearance
• dissonance
• distance
• disturbance
• divergence
• dominance
• ebullience
• elegance
• eloquence
• emergence
• eminence
• entrance
• equivalence
• essence
• evanescence
• evidence
• excellence
• existence
• extravagance
• florence
• forbearance
• fragrance
• governance
• grievance
• guidance
• hindrance
• imbalance
• immanence
• imminence
• impatience
• impedance
• importance
• impotence
• imprudence
• inadvertence
• incidence
• incoherence
• incompetence
• incontinence
• inconvenience
• independence
• inductance
• indulgence
• inheritance
• innocence
• insignificance
• insistence
• insolence
• instance
• insurance
• intelligence
• interdependence
• interference
• intransigence
• irrelevance
• jurisprudence
• lawrence
• licence
• license
• luminance
• luminescence
• maintenance
• malfeasance
• negligence
• noninterference
• nonviolence
• nuisance
• observance
• obsolescence
• omnipotence
• omnipresence
• opulence
• ordinance
• ordnance
• overabundance
• overconfidence
• parlance
• patience
• penance
• performance
• permanence
• perseverance
• persistence
• pestilence
• petulance
• phosphorescence
• pittance
• precedence
• predominance
• preeminence
• preponderance
• presence
• prevalence
• prominence
• provenance
• provence
• providence
• province
• prudence
• reappearance
• reassurance
• recalcitrance
• recognizance
• reconnaissance
• reinsurance
• relevance
• reluctance
• remembrance
• reminiscence
• remittance
• repentance
• resemblance
• residence
• resistance
• resonance
• resurgence
• reticence
• riddance
• self-confidence
• semblance
• senescence
• sentence
• sequence
• significance
• silence
• submergence
• subsidence
• subsistence
• substance
• surveillance
• sustenance
• teleconference
• terence
• transcendence
• turbulence
• unbalance
• valence
• vehemence
• vengeance
• vigilance
• violence
• virulence