| ADJECTIVE | all | substantial, significant | fairly large |
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| all | substantial, substantive | having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable | |
| all | substantial, real, material | having substance or capable of being treated as fact | |
| all | substantial, hearty, satisfying, solid, square | providing abundant nourishment | |
| all | substantial, solid, strong | of good quality and condition | |
| all | substantial, affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy | having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value |
| Sounds | sahbstae'nchahl; sahbstae'nshahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Fairly large. | |
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| Example | "won by a substantial margin" | |
| Synonym | significant | |
| Broader | considerable | large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree |
| Spanish | significante, substancial | |
| Catalan | significant, substancial | |
| Adverbs | substantially | to a great extent or degree |
| Meaning | Having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable. | |
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| Example | "substantial equivalents" | |
| Synonym | substantive | |
| Broader | essential | Basic and fundamental |
| Spanish | substancial, sustancial | |
| Catalan | substancial | |
| Meaning | Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary. | |
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| Synonyms | real, material | |
| Attribute of | substantiality, substantialness, solidness | The quality of being substantial or having substance |
| See also | material | derived from or composed of matter |
| Opposite | insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal | lacking material form or substance |
| Spanish | real, sustancial | |
| Catalan | substancial | |
| Nouns | substance | the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists |
| substantiality, substantialness | the quality of being substantial or having substance | |
| Meaning | Providing abundant nourishment. | |
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| Example | "ate a substantial breakfast" | |
| Synonyms | hearty, satisfying, solid, square | |
| Broader | wholesome | conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being |
| Spanish | abundante, bueno, nutritivo, sólido, sustancioso | |
| Catalan | abundant, bo, nutritiu, sòlid, substancial, substanciós | |
| Nouns | substantialness | the quality of being substantial or having substance |
| Meaning | Of good quality and condition; solidly built. | |
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| Example | "several substantial timber buildings" | |
| Synonyms | solid, strong | |
| Broader | sound | In good condition |
| Spanish | fuerte, macizo, sólido | |
| Catalan | fort, massís, sòlid, substancial | |
| Nouns | substantialness | the quality of being substantial or having substance |
| Adverbs | substantially | in a strong substantial way |
| Meaning | Having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value. | |
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| Synonyms | affluent, flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy | |
| Broader | rich | possessing material wealth |
| Spanish | acaudalado, adinerado, afluente, forrado, próspero, pudiente, rico | |
| Catalan | acabalat, adinerat, amonedat, opulent, ric | |
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