Substance

Quick meaning: Substance is a noun meaning Physical matter; material.

Meaning

Physical matter; material.

More Meanings

1. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
2. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
3. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
4. Drugs (illegal narcotics)
5. (theology, philosophy) Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.
6. (rare, transitive) To give substance to; to make real or substantial.

Example Sentences

a man of substance

Some textile fabrics have little substance.

Heroic virtue did his actions guide, / And he the substance, not the appearance, chose.

It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming.

Word Forms

• substances
• substaunce
• substancing
• substanced

Synonyms for substance

Depending on context, synonyms include corporeity, body, mass, material, matter, stuff.

Antonyms for substance

Common opposites include nothing, vacuum, void, energy, force, heat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include essence, nitty-gritty, inwardness, gist, meaning, sense.

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