essentially

Definitions

In essence; fundamentally or at the most basic level.

Used to emphasize the basic, central, or most important nature of something.

For the most part; basically.

Examples

Essentially, the two plans are the same despite their different names.

She is essentially the person in charge of the entire department.

The new software is essentially a simplified version of the original program.

Synonyms

fundamentally basically primarily intrinsically substantially inherently principally

Antonyms

superficially incidentally accidentally secondarily nonessentially extraneously tangentially