quiddity

The word “quiddity” has 3 syllables: quid-di-ty

It's pronounced as /ˈkwɪdɪti/


What is synonym and antonym for quiddity?

In the thesaurus, “quiddity” has 150 synonyms and 22 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for quiddity along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for quiddity

  • abnormality
  • actuality
  • addiction
  • affectation
  • airs
  • alpha and omega
  • apotheosis
  • artifice
  • aspect
  • attitude
  • attribute
  • backbone
  • base
  • basis
  • be-all and end-all
  • being
  • bent
  • bottom
  • bottom line
  • burden
  • caliber
  • cavil
  • center
  • character
  • characteristic
  • chief constituent
  • constitution
  • core
  • criticism
  • crotchet
  • crux
  • curiosity
  • custom
  • disposition
  • distillation
  • dodge
  • duplicity
  • eccentricity
  • element
  • embodiment
  • entity
  • epitome
  • equivocation
  • erraticism
  • essence
  • essentia
  • essentiality
  • evasion
  • existence
  • extract
  • feature
  • fiber
  • form
  • fundamentals
  • genius
  • germ
  • gist
  • grain
  • habit
  • hair-splitter
  • heart
  • humor
  • identity
  • idiosyncrasy
  • incarnation
  • inclination
  • individualism
  • individuality
  • integral
  • integrate
  • kernel
  • keynote
  • kink
  • last word
  • leaning
  • life
  • lifeblood
  • main idea
  • manifestation
  • mannerism
  • mark
  • marrow
  • meaning
  • meat
  • name of game
  • name of the game
  • nature
  • neuroticism
  • nicety
  • niggle
  • nit-picker
  • nitty-gritty
  • nub
  • nucleus
  • oddity
  • partiality
  • pattern
  • peculiarity
  • penchant
  • personality
  • personification
  • perversion
  • pith
  • point
  • practice
  • practise
  • predilection
  • predisposition
  • pretense
  • prevarication
  • principle
  • proclivity
  • propensity
  • property
  • protest
  • quality
  • quintessence
  • quip
  • quirk
  • reality
  • root
  • seat
  • shift
  • singularity
  • sophism
  • soul
  • spirit
  • structure
  • stuff
  • subsistence
  • substance
  • subterfuge
  • subtlety
  • sum
  • system
  • temperament
  • tendency
  • tic
  • timber
  • totality
  • trait
  • trick
  • turn
  • twist
  • ultimate
  • vein
  • virtuality
  • way
  • weirdness
  • wont

Antonyms for quiddity

  • abstract
  • agreement
  • approval
  • concept
  • concurrence
  • conformity
  • directness
  • exterior
  • exteriority
  • extra
  • facing
  • fraction
  • honesty
  • idea
  • meeting
  • openness
  • outside
  • part
  • praise
  • reality
  • sameness
  • top

Meanings of quiddity

  • noun
    1. The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
    2. A trifle; a nicety or quibble.
    3. An eccentricity; an odd feature.

Example Sentences

  • In philosophical discussions, the concept of quiddity often arises.
  • The artist sought to capture the quiddity of human emotion in her paintings.
  • His poetry often delves into the quiddity of existence and identity.
  • The novel explores the quiddity of memory and its role in shaping our lives.
  • Understanding the quiddity of a problem is crucial for finding effective solutions.

On this page you'll find 172 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quiddity, such as: abnormality, abstract, actuality, addiction, affectation, agreement, airs.

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Related Words

name of the game

  • aim
  • alpha and omega
  • ambition
  • aspect
  • aspiration
  • attribute
  • being
  • bottom line
  • bourn
  • bourne
  • center
  • chief thing
  • core
  • design
  • desire
  • destination
  • dream
  • embodiment
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  • essence
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  • feature
  • gist
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  • grail
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  • holy grail
  • hope
  • idea
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  • intent
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  • kernel
  • keynote
  • main point
  • manifestation
  • mark
  • marrow
  • meaning
  • mind
  • nature
  • nirvana
  • nub
  • object
  • objective
  • personification
  • pith
  • plan
  • plot
  • point
  • pretension
  • project
  • property
  • purpose
  • quiddity
  • quintessence
  • real issue
  • scheme
  • seat
  • soul
  • spirit
  • stuff
  • substance
  • target
  • terminus
  • thing
  • wish

eccentricity

  • aberration
  • abnormality
  • addiction
  • affectation
  • airs
  • anomaly
  • attitude
  • attribute
  • bent
  • caprice
  • capriciousness
  • character
  • characteristic
  • crotchet
  • curiosity
  • custom
  • disposition
  • erraticism
  • foible
  • freakishness
  • genius
  • habit
  • hereticism
  • humor
  • identity
  • idiocrasy
  • idiosyncrasy
  • inclination
  • individualism
  • individuality
  • irregularity
  • kink
  • leaning
  • mannerism
  • mark
  • nature
  • neuroticism
  • nonconformity
  • oddity
  • oddness
  • outlandishness
  • partiality
  • pattern
  • peculiarity
  • penchant
  • personality
  • perversion
  • practice
  • practise
  • predilection
  • predisposition
  • proclivity
  • propensity
  • property
  • queerness
  • quiddity
  • quip
  • quirk
  • singularity
  • strangeness
  • temperament
  • tendency
  • tic
  • trait
  • trick
  • turn
  • twist
  • unconventionality
  • unorthodoxness
  • way
  • waywardness
  • weirdness
  • whimsicality
  • whimsicalness
  • wont

idiosyncrasy

  • abnormality
  • addiction
  • affectation
  • airs
  • attitude
  • attribute
  • bent
  • bit
  • character
  • characteristic
  • crotchet
  • curiosity
  • custom
  • disposition
  • distinction
  • eccentricity
  • erraticism
  • feature
  • genius
  • habit
  • humor
  • identity
  • inclination
  • individualism
  • individuality
  • kink
  • leaning
  • mannerism
  • mark
  • nature
  • neuroticism
  • oddity
  • partiality
  • pattern
  • peculiarity
  • penchant
  • personality
  • perversion
  • practice
  • practise
  • predilection
  • predisposition
  • proclivity
  • propensity
  • property
  • quiddity
  • quip
  • quirk
  • singularity
  • temperament
  • tendency
  • tic
  • trait
  • trick
  • turn
  • twist
  • way
  • weirdness
  • wont

nature

  • alpha and omega
  • anatomy
  • angle
  • aspect
  • attitude
  • attribute
  • attributes
  • backwoods
  • badland
  • barren
  • being
  • belief
  • bottom line
  • bracket
  • brand
  • breed
  • bunch
  • bush
  • cast
  • category
  • center
  • character
  • characteristic
  • cheer
  • class
  • clay
  • color
  • colors
  • complexion
  • composition
  • conformation
  • constitution
  • conviction
  • core
  • cosmos
  • country
  • countryside
  • creation
  • description
  • desert
  • disposition
  • distinctiveness
  • distinctness
  • division
  • drift
  • earmark
  • embodiment
  • emotion
  • environment
  • epitome
  • essence
  • essentiality
  • existence
  • expression
  • family
  • feather
  • feature
  • features
  • feeling
  • figure
  • flavor
  • forest
  • frame
  • framework
  • frontier
  • generation
  • genius
  • genre
  • gist
  • grade
  • grain
  • group
  • grouping
  • habit
  • hallmark
  • heart
  • hinterland
  • humor
  • identity
  • ilk
  • incarnation
  • inclination
  • individualism
  • individuality
  • interior
  • interiority
  • judgement
  • judgment
  • kernel
  • keynote
  • kidney
  • kind
  • landscape
  • like
  • lot
  • macrocosm
  • makeup
  • manifestation
  • manner
  • mark
  • marrow
  • meat
  • megacosm
  • metal
  • mettle
  • mind
  • mind-set
  • mode
  • model
  • mood
  • name of game
  • name of the game
  • name of tune
  • natural history
  • nature of beast
  • notion
  • nub
  • open
  • open air
  • opinion
  • order
  • out-of-doors
  • outdoors
  • outlook
  • outside
  • passion
  • personality
  • personification
  • perspective
  • persuasion
  • pith
  • point
  • property
  • quality
  • quiddity
  • quintessence
  • reality
  • responsiveness
  • sample
  • savor
  • savour
  • scenery
  • score
  • seascape
  • seat
  • self
  • self-identity
  • selfhood
  • sensibility
  • sensitiveness
  • sensitivity
  • sentiment
  • set
  • setting
  • setup
  • shape
  • singularity
  • slant
  • sort
  • soul
  • species
  • specimen
  • spirit
  • stamp
  • standpoint
  • sticks
  • strain
  • stripe
  • structure
  • stuff
  • style
  • substance
  • suite
  • temper
  • temperament
  • texture
  • tone
  • trait
  • traits
  • type
  • uniqueness
  • universe
  • up-country
  • variety
  • vein
  • view
  • viewpoint
  • waste
  • wasteland
  • way
  • wild
  • wilderness
  • without
  • world

quibble

  • altercate
  • argue
  • argue over
  • argufy
  • artifice
  • avoid
  • bandy words
  • beef
  • bellyache
  • bicker
  • bitch
  • bleat
  • blow hot and cold
  • brabble
  • brawl
  • butt heads
  • carp
  • catch at straws
  • cavil
  • challenge
  • chicane
  • clash
  • complain
  • complaint
  • consider
  • contend
  • contest
  • controvert
  • crab
  • criticism
  • criticize
  • croak
  • dare
  • debate
  • defy
  • demur
  • discuss
  • dispute
  • dodge
  • duplicity
  • equivocate
  • equivocation
  • evade
  • evasion
  • expostulation
  • fall out
  • fault
  • fence
  • fight
  • flip-flop
  • fuss
  • grievance
  • gripe
  • grouch
  • grouse
  • growl
  • grumble
  • hair-splitter
  • hassle
  • have at it
  • hem and haw
  • holler
  • hypercriticize
  • jar
  • kick
  • kvetch
  • lament
  • lock horns
  • make a big thing about
  • miserere
  • mix it up
  • moan
  • murmur
  • mutter
  • nicety
  • niggle
  • nit-pick
  • nit-picker
  • nitpick
  • object
  • objection
  • paralogize
  • pettifog
  • plaint
  • pretend
  • pretense
  • prevaricate
  • prevarication
  • protest
  • put up an argument
  • quarrel
  • quiddity
  • quirk
  • remonstrance
  • row
  • scrap
  • set to
  • shift
  • sophism
  • spar
  • spat
  • split hairs
  • squabble
  • squawk
  • squeal
  • stink
  • subterfuge
  • subtlety
  • talk back
  • tangle
  • tiff
  • waffle
  • wail
  • whimper
  • whine
  • whinge
  • wrangle
  • yammer
  • yaup
  • yawp
  • yowl

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