substance
substance is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport. This edition is the same in substance with the Latin. Bp. Burnet. It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming. Burke.
- 2.Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance.
- 3.Material possessions; estate; property; resources. And there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv.
- 4.Thy substance, valued at the highest rate, Can not amount unto a hundred marks. Shak. We are destroying many thousand lives, and exhausting our substance, but not for our own interest. Swift.
- 5.(Theol.) Same as Hypostasis, 2.
- 6.To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abbreviate
- abbreviation
- abbreviature
- abdomen
- abdominal
- abridge
- abridgment
- abroad
- abstract
- album
- alien
- alienage
- alienism
- all
- analecta
- analectic
- analysis
- and
- anthology
- apercu
- article
- away
- backbone
- being
- believing
- belly
- beyond
- bigotry
- blind
- blood
- bodily
- body
- book
- bosom
- breast
- brief
- brute
- catch
- cave
- center
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is substance.
- What is body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance called?
- What is material possessions; estate; property; resources. And there wasted his substance with riotous living. Luke xv called?
- What is thy substance, valued at the highest rate, Can not amount unto a hundred marks. Shak. We are destroying many thousand lives, and exhausting our substance, but not for our own interest. Swift called?
- What is to furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. [Obs.] called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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