Antonyms for substance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suhb-stuhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌb stəns |
Definition of substance
Origin :- c.1300, "essential nature," from Old French substance (12c.), from Latin substantia "being, essence, material," from substans, present participle of substare "stand firm, be under or present," from sub "up to, under" + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). A loan-translation of Greek hypostasis. Meaning "any kind of corporeal matter" is first attested mid-14c. Sense of "the matter of a study, discourse, etc." first recorded late 14c.
- noun entity, element
- noun essence, meaning
- noun wealth
- Substance of one of Lovelace's letters, of her answer, and of his reply.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- To all appearance, the rock was as firmly fastened as any other portion of the earth's substance.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- You have the wisdom that grasps the substance and lets the shadows flit.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- The substance of a lady's letter, it has been said, always is comprised in the postscript.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- Till when, I will give you the substance of what I wrote him yesterday.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- He discarded the older notions of heat as a substance, and accepted it as a form of energy.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- I will here give you the substance of Mr. Lovelace's letter.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Following the above quotation we have the line, "Than can the substance," etc.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 12, June 18, 1870 » by Various
- I like it to be serious and morality to form the substance of it.
- Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
- If you are not tired of her, and you have any substance, she may sell it and follow you.'
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
Synonyms for substance
- ABCs
- actuality
- affluence
- amount
- animal
- assets
- basis
- being
- body
- bottom
- bottom line
- brass tacks
- bulk
- burden
- center
- concreteness
- core
- corpus
- crux
- drift
- effect
- essentiality
- estate
- fabric
- focus
- force
- fortune
- general meaning
- gist
- gravamen
- guts
- heart
- hunk
- import
- individual
- innards
- item
- kernel
- marrow
- mass
- material
- matter
- means
- meat
- name of the game
- nitty-gritty
- nub
- nuts and bolts
- object
- person
- phenomenon
- pith
- point
- property
- purport
- quintessence
- reality
- resources
- riches
- sense
- significance
- something
- soul
- staple
- strength
- stuff
- subject
- sum total
- tenor
- texture
- theme
- thing
- thrust
- upshot
- virtuality
- way of it
- worth
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