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substance
[ suhb-stuhns ]
noun
- that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material:
form and substance.
- a species of matter of definite chemical composition:
a chalky substance.
- the subject matter of thought, discourse, study, etc.
Synonyms: ,
- the actual matter of a thing, as opposed to the appearance or shadow; reality.
Synonyms:
- substantial or solid character or quality:
claims lacking in substance.
soup without much substance.
- the meaning or gist, as of speech or writing.
Synonyms: , ,
- something that has separate or independent existence.
- Philosophy.
- something that exists by itself and in which accidents or attributes inhere; that which receives modifications and is not itself a mode; something that is causally active; something that is more than an event.
- the essential part of a thing; essence.
- a thing considered as a continuing whole.
- possessions, means, or wealth:
to squander one's substance.
- Linguistics. the articulatory or acoustic reality or the perceptual manifestation of a word or other construction ( form ).
- a standard of weights for paper.
substance
/ ˈʌəԲ /
noun
- the tangible matter of which a thing consists
- a specific type of matter, esp a homogeneous material with a definite composition
- the essence, meaning, etc, of a written or spoken thought
- solid or meaningful quality
- material density
a vacuum has no substance
- material possessions or wealth
a man of substance
- philosophy
- the supposed immaterial substratum that can receive modifications and in which attributes and accidents inhere
- a thing considered as a continuing whole that survives the changeability of its properties
- Christian Science that which is eternal
- a euphemistic term for any illegal drug
- in substancewith regard to the salient points
Derived Forms
- ˈܲٲԳ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ܲsٲԳ· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of substance1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of substance1
Idioms and Phrases
- in substance,
- concerning the essentials; substantially.
More idioms and phrases containing substance
see in substance ; sum and substance .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The script contained "very little" substance to Iceman's character, he said in his documentary.
Maybe the drivel would sate you for an hour, but something with genuine substance would taste and feel a whole lot better in the long run.
These funds were the only significant investments in behavioral health infrastructure in a generation, targeting deeply underfunded mental health and substance use services long before and long after the virus.
The office said the California Department of Health Care Services would lose $119 million that it intended to use for substance use prevention and other early intervention health services for youth across the state.
In a letter addressed to Robert Iger, the chief executive of Disney, FCC chairman Carr said he wants to ensure that the media company "ends any and all discriminatory initiatives in substance, not just name".
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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