Word: Substance
How to pronounce: ˈsʌbstəns
Noun
Definitions:
1. A particular kind of matter with uniform properties.
Example sentences: "A steel tube coated with a waxy substance"
2. The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists and which has a tangible, solid presence.
Example sentences: "Proteins compose much of the actual substance of the body"
3. The quality of being important, valid, or significant.
Example sentences: "He had yet to accomplish anything of substance"
4. The essential nature underlying phenomena, which is subject to changes and accidents.
Example sentences: "Account allowed the immaterial substance to have a nature over and above the kinds of state we would regard as mental."
Synonyms:
stuff
matter
material
content
thing
essence
being
object
entity
essentiality
nature
gist
core
nub
subject matter
reality
inwardness
means
meaning
asset
riches
capital
opulence
mean
heart
soul
Derivations:
substantiality
substantiation
substantive
substantial
substantially
substantiate
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Substance in Other Languages...
Spanish: Sustancia
German: Substanz
French: Substance
Italian: Sostanza
Turkish: Madde
