Substantial

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  • adjective. Considerable in importance, value, degree, amount, or extent.
  • adjective. Solidly built; strong.
  • adjective. Ample; sustaining.
  • adjective. Possessing wealth or property; well-to-do.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or having substance; material.
  • adjective. True or real; not imaginary.
  • adjective. Achieving the goal of justice itself, not merely the procedure or form that is a means to justice.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or of the nature of substance; being a substance; real; actually existing; true; actual; not seeming or imaginary; not illusive.
  • Having essential value; genuine; sound; sterling.
  • Having firm or good material; strong; stout; solid: as, substantial cloth.
  • Possessed of considerable substance, goods, or estate; moderately wealthy; well-to-do.
  • Real or true in the main or for the most part: as, substantial success.
  • Of considerable amount: as, a substantial gift; substantial profit.
  • Capable of being substantiated or proved.
  • Vital; important.
  • In law, pertaining to or involving the merits or essential right, in contradistinction to questions of form or manner.
  • Pertaining to the substance or tissue of any part or organ.
  • noun. That which has a real existence; that which has substance.
  • noun. That which has real practical value.
  • noun. An essential part.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Belonging to substance; actually existing; real.
  • adjective. Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
  • adjective. Corporeal; material; firm.
  • adjective. Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
  • adjective. Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
  • adjective. Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
  • adjective. Corporeal; material; firm.
  • adjective. Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
  • adjective. possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.
  • adjective. Large in size, quantity, or value; as, a substantial amount of money; vast
  • adjective. Most important; essential.
  • adjective. Ample or full.
  • adjective. Significantly great.
  • noun. Anything having substance; an essential part.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
  • adjective. fairly large
  • adjective. of good quality and condition; solidly built
  • adjective. having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable
  • adjective. providing abundant nourishment
  • Word Usage
    "Both the north and south are hoping for what they term substantial progress at that meeting which starts on Tuesday."
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