Substance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
  • n. A material of a particular kind or constitution.
  • n. Essential nature; essence.
  • n. Gist; heart.
  • n. That which is solid and practical in character, quality, or importance: a plan without substance.
  • n. Density; body: Air has little substance.
  • n. Material possessions; goods; wealth: a person of substance.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Physical matter; material.
  • n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
  • n. Considerable wealth or resources.
  • n. Drugs (illegal narcotics)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence.
  • n. The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport.
  • n. Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness
  • n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
  • n. Same as Hypostasis, 2.
  • v. To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That which exists by itself, and in which accidents inhere; that which receives modifications, and is not itself a mode; that which corresponds, in the reality of things, to the subject in logic.
  • n. The real or essential part; the essence.
  • n. In theology, the divine being or essence, common to the three persons of the Trinity.
  • n. The character of being a substance, in sense 1; substantiality.
  • n. The meaning expressed by any speech or writing, or the purport of any action, as contradistinguished from the mode of expression or performance.
  • n. Substantiation; that which establishes or gives firm support.
  • n. Any particular kind of corporeal matter; stuff; material; part; body: specifically, a chemical species.
  • n. Wealth; means; good estate: as, a man of substance.
  • n. Importance.
  • n. The main part; the majority.
  • n. Synonyms Pith, gist, soul.
  • To furnish with substance or property; enrich.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. what a communication that is about something is about
  • n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  • n. considerable capital (wealth or income)
  • n. a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
  • n. material of a particular kind or constitution
  • n. the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
  • n. the idea that is intended
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    hypostasis   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    substratum    purport    body    matter    solidity    firmness    estate    property    resources   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    material    element    fluid    particle    compound    matter    mass    metal    chemical    energy