Dictionary Definition
substantial adj
1 fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"
[syn: significant]
2 being the essence or essential element of a
thing; "substantial equivalents"; "substantive information" [syn:
substantive,
in
essence]
3 having substance or capable of being treated as
fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream,
neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial
things"- Shakespeare [syn: real, material] [ant: insubstantial]
4 providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty
meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast" [syn:
hearty, satisfying, solid]
5 of good quality and condition; solidly built;
"a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" [syn:
solid, strong]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From substantiel.Adjective
- Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
- Not seeming or
imaginary; not
illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
- "to do some substantial good, is the compensation for much incidental imperfection" - Cardinal Newman, The Rise and Progress of Universities
- corporeal; material; firm.
- Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
- Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.
- Large in size or value; as, a substantial amount of money.
- Most important; essential.
Derived terms
Translations
belonging to substance
- Finnish: todellinen
- Japanese: 物質的, 現実
- Russian: вещественный, материальный
not seeming or imaginary
- Finnish: todellinen
- Japanese: 現実, 実際
- Russian: настоящый, реальный, действительный
corporeal
- Finnish: todellinen
- Japanese: 現実, 実際
- Russian: вещественный, материальный
having good substance
- Finnish: tukeva
- Japanese: 堅固, 頑丈
- Russian: прочный, крепкий, солидный
possessed of goods or an estate
- Finnish: vauras
- Japanese: 裕福
- Russian: солидный, зажиточный, обеспеченный, состоятельный
large in size or value
- Finnish: huomattava, runsas
- Japanese: 大量
- Russian: значительный
essential
- Finnish: oleellinen, olennainen
- Japanese: 実質的
- Russian: существенный, важный
- ttbc Arabic:
- ttbc Chinese: 實際, 实际 (shíjì)
- ttbc Czech: podstatný
- ttbc Dutch: substantieel
- ttbc French: substantiel
- ttbc German: wesentlich
- ttbc Greek: ουσιαστικός (ousiastikós), ουσιώδης (ousiódis)
- ttbc Hungarian: lényeges, bőséges
- ttbc Italian: sostanziale
- ttbc Korean: 실재하는 (siljaehaneun)
- ttbc Norwegian: vesentlig
- ttbc Portuguese: substancial
- ttbc Spanish: substancial
- ttbc Swedish: väsentlig
Extensive Definition
The word originates from Latin substantia,
literally meaning "standing under". The word was used to translate
the Greek
philosophical term ousia.
Substance may refer to:
- Substance theory, in philosophy, that element of an object without which it would not exist, or what exists only by itself (causa sui)
- Chemical substance, in chemistry, are material objects that can undergo various transformations related to artificial or natural phenomena
- Substance (artist)
- Substance (Joy Division album)
- Substance (New Order album)
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, a tactical espionage video game
See also:
substantial in Arabic: مادة كيميائية
substantial in Czech: Látka (rozcestník)
substantial in Galician: Substancia
substantial in Italian: Sostanza
substantial in Polish: Substancja
substantial in Slovak: Látka
substantial in Tagalog: Sustansyang
kimikal
substantial in Yiddish: סובסטאנץ
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ab ovo, able to pay, absolute, abundant, actual, adequate, affluent, allegorical, ample, appreciable, ascendant, associational, authentic, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, balanced, barely sufficient,
basal, basic, big, big-league, big-name, big-time,
bigwig, bigwigged, binding, bodily, bumper, calculable, charismatic, charming, close, close-knit, close-textured,
close-woven, clothed with authority, cogent, comfortable, commanding, commensurate, compact, compacted, competent, compressed, concentrated, concrete, condensed, congested, connotational, connotative, consequential, considerable, consistent, consolidated, constituent, constitutive, controlling, cool, corporal, corporeal, corresponding, crammed, crammed full, crowded, de facto, decent, definable, denotational, denotative, dense, dependable, dominant, double-barreled,
due, duly constituted,
durable, earthly, earthshaking, easy, effective, effectual, efficacious, elemental, elementary, eminent, empowered, enchanting, enough, equal to, essential, estimable, ex officio,
expressive, extended, extensional, factual, faithful, faithworthy, fast, fiducial, figurative, firm, firm as Gibraltar, fit, fleshly, for real, full of
meaning, full of point, full of substance, fundamental, generous, genuine, gluey, good, good enough, good for,
goodly, governing, grand, great, gross, gut, hard, healthy, heavy, heavyweight, hegemonic, hegemonistic, high-powered,
historical,
honest-to-God, huge,
hylic, impenetrable, imperative, impermeable, imperturbable, important, impressive, in equilibrium,
indicative, influential, intelligible, intensional, interpretable, invincible, jam-packed,
jammed, just, key, landed, large, large-scale, lawful, leading, legal, legitimate, logical, magnetic, major, man-sized, massive, material, materiate, meaning, meaningful, meaty, metaphorical, mighty, minimal, minimum, momentous, monocratic, name, nonporous, nonspiritual, numberless, numerous, objective, of the essence,
official, original, packed, palpable, personable, persuasive, phenomenal, physical, pithy, plenty, plenty good enough,
pointed, ponderable, positive, potent, powerful, predictable, preeminent, pregnant, prestigious, primal, primary, primitive, principal, profitable, prominent, propertied, proportionate, prosperous, puissant, radical, ranking, readable, real, referential, reliable, reputable, respectable, rich, ruling, satisfactory, secular, secure, self-consistent,
self-important, senior,
sensible, sententious, serious, serried, significant, significative, sizable, sizeable, snug, solid, solvent, somatic, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, stout, strong, sturdy, suasive, substantive, successful, sufficient, sufficient for,
sufficing, suggestive, suitable, superior, supreme, sure, surefire, symbolic, tall, tangible, telling, temporal, thick, thick-growing, thickset, tidy, totalitarian, transferred, true, trustworthy, trusty, undeniable, underlying, unfailing, unflappable, unflinching, unindebted, unshakable, unspiritual, unwavering, up to, valid, vast, veritable, viscid, viscose, viscous, wealthy, weighty, well, well-balanced, well-built,
well-established, well-fixed, well-founded, well-grounded,
well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do, winning, without nerves,
world-shaking, worldly,
worthwhile