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Definition of Substance
1. Noun. The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists. "DNA is the substance of our genes"
Specialized synonyms: Body Substance, Living Substance, Protoplasm, Chemistry, Material, Stuff, Phlogiston, Mixture, Atom, Chemical Element, Element, Activator, Substrate, Element, Medium, Medium, Fluid, Volatile, Essence
Derivative terms: Substantial
2. Noun. The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. "The nub of the story"
Generic synonyms: Cognitive Content, Content, Mental Object
Specialized synonyms: Bare Bones, Hypostasis, Haecceity, Quiddity, Quintessence, Stuff
Derivative terms: Central, Essential, Meaty, Pithy, Summate
3. Noun. The idea that is intended. "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
Generic synonyms: Idea, Thought
Specialized synonyms: Semantics, Implication, Import, Significance, Strain, Tenor, Undercurrent, Undertone, Denotation, Extension, Reference, Reference, Connotation
Derivative terms: Mean, Mean
4. Noun. Material of a particular kind or constitution. "The immune response recognizes invading substances"
5. Noun. Considerable capital (wealth or income). "He is a man of means"
6. Noun. What a communication that is about something is about.
Generic synonyms: Communication
Specialized synonyms: Body, Corker, Reminder, Petition, Postulation, Request, Memorial, Latent Content, Subject, Theme, Topic, Aside, Digression, Divagation, Excursus, Parenthesis, Import, Meaning, Significance, Signification, Bunk, Hokum, Meaninglessness, Nonsense, Nonsensicality, Drivel, Garbage, Acknowledgement, Acknowledgment, Refusal, Info, Information, Counsel, Counseling, Counselling, Direction, Guidance, Commitment, Dedication, Approval, Commendation, Disapproval, Respects, Discourtesy, Disrespect, Insertion, Interpolation, Statement, Statement, Humor, Humour, Wit, Witticism, Wittiness, Opinion, View, Direction, Instruction, Proposal, Offer, Offering, Entry, Submission, Narration, Narrative, Story, Tale, Packaging, Promotion, Promotional Material, Publicity, Sensationalism, Shocker
7. Noun. A particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties. "Shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man"
Specialized synonyms: Food, Nutrient, Nutrient, Elixir, Philosopher's Stone, Philosophers' Stone, Allergen, Assay, Pyrectic, Pyrogen, Pyrogen, Hydrocolloid, Adulterant, Adulterator, Propellant, Propellent, Denaturant, Inhibitor, Ferment, Agent, Carcinogen, Digestive, Fomentation, Fuel, Lube, Lubricant, Lubricating Substance, Lubricator, Humectant, Inoculant, Inoculum, Jelly, Leaven, Leavening, Refrigerant, Lysin, Poison, Poisonous Substance, Toxicant, Chemical Irritant, Antigen, Ligand, Metabolite, Vehicle
Definition of Substance
1. n. That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence.
2. v. t. To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich.
Definition of Substance
1. Noun. Physical matter; material. ¹
2. Noun. The essential part of anything; the most vital part. ¹
3. Noun. Considerable wealth or resources. ¹
4. Noun. Drugs (gloss illegal narcotics) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Substance
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Substance
Literary usage of Substance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke (1823)
"If by spiritual substance, your lordship means a thinking substance, I must
dissent from your lordship, and say, that we can have a certainty, ..."
2. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: To which are Now First Added, I. An by John Locke (1828)
"So that if any one will examine substance in himself concerning his notion of
pure sub- general, stance in general, he will find he has no other idea of it ..."
3. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David Hume (1890)
"The sugar, which is here the ' archetype' and the source of reality in the idea,
is just what Locke elsewhere calls ' a particular sort of substance,' as ..."
4. An essay concerning human understanding by John Locke (1838)
"Our idea of substance in general,—So that if any one will examine himself concerning
his notion of pure substance in general, presented to us, ..."
5. A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume (1874)
"The sugar, which is here the ' archetype' and the source of reality in the idea,
is just what Locke elsewhere calls ' a particular sort of substance,' as ..."
6. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2001)
"should rather suspect Sh. might have written ' The dram of base Doth all the
noble substance oft eat out,' &c. But granting a little farther departure from ..."
7. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, John Miller Dow Meiklejohn (1887)
"stance (negations are only determinations, which express ibz non-existence of
something in the substance). Now, if lo this real in the substance we ascribe ..."
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