'Quintessential' definitions:
Definition of 'quintessential'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Representing the perfect example of a class or quality
Definition of 'Quintessential'
From: GCIDE
- Quintessential \Quin`tes*sen"tial\, a. Of the nature of a quintessence; purest; most characteristic. "Quintessential extract of mediocrity." --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster] Quintet
Synonyms of 'quintessential'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appropriate,
- archetypal,
- archetypical,
- best,
- bottom,
- champion,
- characteristic,
- choice,
- classic,
- classical,
- consummate,
- developed,
- distinctive,
- distinguished,
- distinguishing,
- elect,
- elite,
- essential,
- essentiality,
- exemplary,
- expert,
- finished,
- for the best,
- fully developed,
- greatest,
- handpicked,
- ideal,
- idiocratic,
- idiosyncratic,
- in character,
- intrinsic,
- marked,
- marrow,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- matchless,
- mature,
- matured,
- model,
- natural,
- naturalistic,
- normal,
- optimal,
- optimum,
- paramount,
- peculiar,
- peerless,
- perfected,
- picked,
- pith,
- polished,
- prime,
- prize,
- proficient,
- proper,
- prototypal,
- pure,
- quintessence,
- realistic,
- refined,
- regular,
- representative,
- ripe,
- ripened,
- sample,
- select,
- single,
- singular,
- soul,
- stuff,
- substance,
- supreme,
- surpassing,
- true to form,
- true to type,
- typal,
- typic,
- typical,
- unique,
- unmatchable,
- unmatched,
- unparalleled,
- unsurpassed,
- usual,
- very best,
- virtuality