substance
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈsʌbstəns/
- Look, I'm a man of substance.
Examples
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These central concerns abide as the very reason for the city's existence, inseparable from the economic substance that makes it possible.
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Makes us people of substance... not flighty, untouched children.
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But he was doing a solid job because he had substance as well as style.
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He invested a substantial amount of his wealth in the local community, becoming a person of substance.
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After years of hard work, she finally accumulated enough substance to buy her dream home.
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The philanthropist was revered not just for his money but for the substance he brought to charitable causes.
Synonyms
∞
1.3
How much something is worth in money or how useful it is
616
3.0
Valuable things a person or company owns, like money and buildings
575
1.3
A large amount of money and valuable things that a person or country owns
86
3.9
Money or property that someone has
43
2.0
Things like money or jewellery that are worth a lot to someone
8
3.0
A thing you can touch that belongs to someone
3
3.9
Something you can use to meet a need, like food or equipment
3
3.2
A situation of having a lot of money or valuable things
1
4.4
Money that is available to spend or invest
Antonyms
Idioms
To think an appearance or small sign is the real thing
Compounds
- NSFW
24
5.1
A drug that the law controls because it can harm people or lead to abuse
- Specialized
3
3.2
A material used in reactions or to make other things like medicines
1
4.4
Something that can cause serious harm or death when swallowed, touched and breathed
- Specialized
1
4.1
People make it in a lab or factory rather than find it in nature
- Specialized
1
9.4
Part of the brain and spinal cord that contains nerve cells and processes information
- Archaic
1
6.2
Material inside a living cell, including the jelly-like cytoplasm and the nucleus
- Specialized
1
7.9
A dark material made from dead plants and animals found in soil and peat
- Specialized
A material like oil or grease that helps machine parts slide easily
How Wealthy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word substance comes from Latin parts sub- 'under' and stare 'to stand', like the English stand. From the idea of something solid that 'stands under' life or status, substance came to mean real wealth or material means, so a person of substance has real property or resources.