Essentially

/ɪˈsɛnʃəli/

Synonyms for "essentially" (97 found)

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Closest matches (20)

Adverb(2 words)
a outranceaboveabsolutelyactuallyall butall in allall outalmostalmost entirelyapproximatelyas good asas much asat bottomat heartat the coreau fondbasicallybeyond all bounds

Strong matches (29)

beyond comparebeyond comparisonbeyond measurebottomby and largechieflycompletelydeaddownrighteffecteffectuallyessenceextremelyflat outfor all practical purposesfor the most partfundamentallyimmeasurablyin essencein itself
Adverb(6 words)
centrallyelementallyfor practical purposesin effectin essencein practice
Noun(2 words)
change radicallyfor all
Adjective(1 words)

Related words (48)

Adverb(1 words)
Noun(2 words)
mattered mostmost basic quantity
Determiner(1 words)
most curriculum area

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

2 entries
adverbdiscourse marker

More specific

5 entries

Collocations

5 entries
essentially based onessentially differentessentially due toessentially the sameessentially true

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In general, the relationship between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.

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Diamond is essentially hard.

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It is essentially a question of time.

Source: tatoeba (42098)

We often hear it said that ours is essentially a tragic age.

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