100 Best Synonyms for “In Essence”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	all things considered	taking everything into account
2.	all told	everything considered overall
3.	amount to	be essentially equal to
4.	as a whole	considered in full
5.	as such	in that essential role
6.	at base	at the basic level
7.	at bottom	at the deepest level
8.	at root	at the basic source
9.	at the core	at the central essence
10.	at the root	at the fundamental level
11.	basically	in the simplest main sense
12.	boil down to	amount to essentially
13.	boiled down	reduced to essentials
14.	briefly	in a few essential words
15.	broadly	in general terms
16.	by and large	generally speaking overall
17.	by nature	in natural character
18.	capture	express the essential point
19.	characteristically	in typical essential character
20.	chiefly	mainly; above all
21.	come down to	amount to essentially
22.	concisely	in a brief exact way
23.	constitute	be the essential form of
24.	deep down	at the deepest level
25.	effectively	for practical purposes
26.	embody	express in essential form
27.	encapsulate	express briefly and essentially
28.	essentially	basically; in its main nature
29.	everything considered	with all factors weighed
30.	for practical purposes	in effect; essentially
31.	for the most part	mostly; generally
32.	fundamentally	at the most basic level
33.	generally	in most respects
34.	in brief	in a few words
35.	in broad terms	in general essential language
36.	in effect	in practical reality
37.	in other words	said another way
38.	in outline	in broad essential form
39.	in plain English	in simple clear language
40.	in plain terms	in clear language
41.	in short	briefly and essentially
42.	in simple terms	in easy language
43.	in substance	in essential content
44.	in sum	to state the main point
45.	in summary	in summarized form
46.	in truth	in reality
47.	inherently	by essential nature
48.	intrinsically	by its very nature
49.	largely	for the most part
50.	mainly	for the most part
51.	mean	essentially signify
52.	more exactly	with greater precision
53.	more precisely	with greater precision
54.	more simply	in simpler terms
55.	mostly	chiefly; for the most part
56.	namely	that is; specifically
57.	naturally	by natural character
58.	on the whole	generally overall
59.	overall	in general, considering everything
60.	pithily	in a concise forceful way
61.	plainly	clearly and essentially
62.	practically	almost; in practical terms
63.	predominantly	mostly; mainly
64.	primarily	in the main
65.	principally	chiefly; mainly
66.	properly	in the correct essential sense
67.	put another way	said in different words
68.	put simply	stated in simple terms
69.	really	in truth or fact
70.	represent	stand for in essence
71.	shortly	in few words
72.	signify	essentially mean
73.	simply	in a simple essential way
74.	stated differently	expressed in another way
75.	stated simply	expressed in simple words
76.	strictly speaking	in exact essential terms
77.	substantially	in the main; largely
78.	succinctly	in a brief clear way
79.	sum up	state the main point
80.	summarily	in a brief essential way
81.	taken together	considered as a whole
82.	tersely	in very few words
83.	that is	in other words
84.	to all intents	for all practical purposes
85.	to put it simply	to say it simply
86.	to recap	to summarize briefly
87.	to sum up	to state briefly
88.	to summarize	to give the main point
89.	truly	in a real sense
90.	typically	in the usual essential way
91.	ultimately	when reduced to the core
92.	underneath	at the deepest level
93.	unvarnished	plain and basic
94.	upshot	the essential point
95.	viewed plainly	seen in simple terms
96.	virtually	almost in effect
97.	when reduced	when simplified to essentials
98.	without frills	in stripped-down form
99.	writ small	in miniature basic form
100.	yield this	amount to this