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adjective
1.
of ample or considerable amount, quantity, size, etc.: a substantial sum of money.
2.
of a corporeal or material nature; tangible; real.
3.
of solid character or quality; firm, stout, or strong: a substantial physique.
4.
basic or essential; fundamental: two stories in substantial agreement.
5.
EXPANDwealthy or influential: one of the substantial men of the town.
6.
of real worth, value, or effect: substantial reasons.
7.
pertaining to the substance, matter, or material of a thing.
8.
of or pertaining to the essence of a thing; essential, material, or important.
9.
being a substance; having independent existence.
10.
COLLAPSEPhilosophy. pertaining to or of the nature of substance rather than an accident or attribute.
noun
11.
something substantial.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English substancial < Late Latin substantiālis, equivalent to Latin substanti(a) substance + -ālis -al1
1300–50; Middle English substancial < Late Latin substantiālis, equivalent to Latin substanti(a) substance + -ālis -al1
Related forms
sub·stan·ti·al·i·ty, sub·stan·tial·ness, noun
sub·stan·tial·ly, adverb
non·sub·stan·tial, adjective
non·sub·stan·tial·ly, adverb
non·sub·stan·tial·ness, noun
EXPANDnon·sub·stan·ti·al·i·ty, noun
pre·sub·stan·tial, adjective
su·per·sub·stan·tial, adjective
su·per·sub·stan·tial·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
3. stable, sound. 6. valid, important.
3. stable, sound. 6. valid, important.
Antonyms
2. immaterial, ethereal.
2. immaterial, ethereal.
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substantial
mid-14c., "ample, sizeable," from O.Fr. substantiel (13c.), from L. substantialis "having substance or reality, material," from substantia (see substance). Meaning "existing, having real existence" is from late 14c.
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