substantial
1. fairly large (Freq. 22)
- won by a substantial margin
• Syn:
significant
• Similar to:
considerable
2. having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable (Freq. 1)
- substantial equivalents
• Syn:
substantive
• Similar to:
essential
3. providing abundant nourishment
- a hearty meal
- good solid food
- ate a substantial breakfast
- four square meals a day
• Syn:
hearty, satisfying, solid, square
• Similar to:
wholesome
• Derivationally related forms:
substantialness
4. of good quality and condition;
solidly built
- a solid foundation
- several substantial timber buildings
• Syn:
solid, strong
• Similar to:
sound
• Derivationally related forms:
substantialness, solidness (for: solid)
5. having substance or capable of being treated as fact;
not imaginary
- the substantial world
- a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical
- "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare
• Syn:
real, material
• Ant:
insubstantial
• See Also:
material
• Derivationally related forms:
reality (for: real), substance, substantialness, substantiality
• Attrubites:
substantiality, substantialness, solidness
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