substantial
substantial is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable. If happinessbe a substantial good. Denham. The substantial ornaments of virtue. L'Estrange.
- 2.Corporeal; material; firm. "Most ponderous and substantial things." Shak. The rainbow [appears to be] a large substantial arch. I. Watts.
- 3.Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
- 4.Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder. "Substantial yeomen and burghers." Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- article
- being
- blood
- bodily
- body
- brute
- condition
- corporal
- corporality
- corporeal
- corporeity
- corpus
- creature
- element
- essential
- essentially
- existence
- experimental
- flesh
- frame
- groundwork
- hypostasis
- hypostatic
- impersonal
- item
- life
- material
- materialism
- materialist
- materialistic
- materiality
- materialness
- matter
- natural
- nature
- neuter
- object
- objective
- pabulum
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is substantial.
- What is not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable. If happinessbe a substantial good. Denham. The substantial ornaments of virtue. L'Estrange called?
- What is corporeal; material; firm. "Most ponderous and substantial things." Shak. The rainbow [appears to be] a large substantial arch. I. Watts called?
- What is having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall called?
- What is possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder. "Substantial yeomen and burghers." Sir W. Scott 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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