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substantive

noun

1 substantive

Any word or group of words functioning as a noun.

Dutch: naamwoord, nomen

adjective

1 substantive

Of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something.

synonym: substantial.

Roget 3: substantive, substantial; hypostatic; personal, bodily, tangible etc. (material) 316; corporeal.   

Roget 1: existing etc. v.; existent, under the sun; in existence etc. n.; extant; afloat, afoot, on foot, current, prevalent; ... show more

Polish: merytoryczny, treściowy

2 substantive

Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established:
— Substantive law.

synonym: essential.

3 substantive

Being on topic and prompting thought.

synonym: meaty.


Moby thesaurus: ab ovo, abstract noun, adherent noun, adjectival, adverbial, appreciable, attributive, basal, basic, bedrock, central, collective noun, common noun, concrete, conjunctive, constituent, constitutive, copulative, correct, elemental ... show more.

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