quintessential

1. 1.

   representing the perfect example of a class or quality

Questions about quintessential

What does quintessential mean?

quintessential means "representing the perfect example of a class or quality".

How many syllables are in quintessential?

quintessential has 4 syllables: quin-tes-sen-tial. The stress falls on "sen". In IPA it is /ˌkwɪntɪˈsɛnʃəl/.

Is quintessential a common word?

quintessential is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with quintessential?

2 words rhyme with quintessential. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.