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▸ adjective: (by extension) Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
▸ adjective: Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
▸ adjective: (law) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
▸ adjective: (chemistry, of a dye) Not needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
▸ adjective: Depending on itself; independent.
▸ adjective: (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.
▸ adjective: (military, of a rank or appointment) Actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
▸ noun: Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.
▸ verb: (grammar, very rare) To make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun.
▸ noun: (grammar) Clipping of noun substantive or substantive noun; a noun or a group of words (a noun phrase) that act as a noun (in a sentence).
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substantial,
meaningful,
essential,
meaty,
in essence,
substantival,
elementary,
quintessential,
constitutional,
essentialistic,
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