| Quintessential (a.) Of the nature of a quintessence; purest. Thesaurus Entries 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 |