All quiddity synonyms

noun quiddity

• nitty-gritty — the essential substance or details of a matter; basics; crux: Let's skip the chitchat and get down to the nitty-gritty.
• nub — the point, gist, or heart of something.
• nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
• pith — Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
• point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
• property — that which a person owns; the possession or possessions of a particular owner: They lost all their property in the fire.
• stuff — the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
• timber — the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
• vein — one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
• be-all and end-all — the ultimate aim or justification
• main idea — the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about: Find the main idea in each paragraph.
• virtuality — being such in power, force, or effect, though not actually or expressly such: a virtual dependence on charity.
• complaint — A complaint is a statement in which you express your dissatisfaction with a particular situation.
• objection — a reason or argument offered in disagreement, opposition, refusal, or disapproval.
• nicety — a delicate or fine point; punctilio: niceties of protocol.
• artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
• cavil — If you say that someone cavils at something, you mean that they make criticisms of it that you think are unimportant or unnecessary.
• criticism — the analysis or evaluation of a work of art, literature, etc
• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• duplicity — deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing. Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, trickery. Antonyms: candidness, directness, honesty, straightforwardness.
• equivocation — The use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
• evasion — The action of evading something.
• niggle — to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp: to niggle about the fine points of interpretation; preferring to niggle rather than take steps to correct a situation.
• pretense — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
• pretence — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
• prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
• protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• quirk — a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
• shift — to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
• sophism — a specious argument for displaying ingenuity in reasoning or for deceiving someone.
• subterfuge — an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
• subtlety — the state or quality of being subtle.
• apotheosis — If something is the apotheosis of something else, it is an ideal or typical example of it.
• distillation — the volatilization or evaporation and subsequent condensation of a liquid, as when water is boiled in a retort and the steam is condensed in a cool receiver.
• epitome — A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
• extract — Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.
• gist — the main or essential part of a matter: What was the gist of his speech?
• ultimate — last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series: the ultimate point in a journey; the ultimate style in hats.
• last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
• system — an assemblage or combination of things or parts forming a complex or unitary whole: a mountain system; a railroad system.
• actuality — Actuality is the state of really existing rather than being imagined.
• essence — The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, esp. something abstract, that determines its character.
• existence — The fact or state of living or having objective reality.
• integral — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
• quintessence — the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
• reality — the state or quality of being real.
• subsistence — the state or fact of subsisting.
• substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
• sum — the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition: The sum of 6 and 8 is 14.
• totality — something that is total or constitutes a total; the total amount; a whole.