Substance

//ˈsʌbstəns//

Synonyms for "substance" (367 found)

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Strong matches (110)

crisis critical point denotation density distillate distillation dope drift durability earth easy circumstances effect element elementary particle elementary unit elixir embarras de richesses entity essence essential

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Noun(15 words)

crux dope drug essence gear guts heart heart and soul heartstring heartstrings inwardness kernel marrow mass material

Related words (183)

materials materiel matter in hand mean meaningfulness measure measurement meat medium message milestone molecule monad money money to burn moneybags moneys most motif motive

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name of the game natural world nature nest egg nitty gritty note nub nubbin nucleus numbers nuts and bolts object opulence opulency overtone palpability pecuniary resources pelf pertinence physical world pith pivot plenum plurality pocket point point at issue point in question ponderability pool possession possessions postulate practical consequence preparation principle problem property prosperity prosperousness purport purse quantity quantum question quid quiddity quintessence quintessential range of meaning raw material real issue real meaning reality reason recap recapitulation reference referent relation relevance reserves resource resources resume riches richness right root rubric run through run-through rundown salient point sap savings savings account scope semantic cluster semantic field sense short significance signification significatum signifie sine qua non solidity soul soundness span of meaning spirit stability staple steadiness stock store stoutness strength structural meaning stuff sturdiness subject subject matter subject of thought substances substantiality substantialness substantive point substratum sum sum and substance sum total summary summation supply swiss bank account symbolic meaning tangibility tangible tenor text texture the bottom line the four elements the nitty-gritty the point theme thing thrust topic totality of associations toughness transferred meaning treasure turning point unadorned meaning undertone unit of being unregistered bank account upper bracket upshot value warrant water wealth wealthiness wherewithal whole worth

Noun(13 words)

meaning means meat message mojo moral of the story nitty-gritty nub pith punctum saliens recreational drug subject matter sum

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

15 entries

capital cognitive content communication component component part constituent content idea matter mental object part physical entity portion property thought

More specific

4 entries

food gas liquid solid

Synonyms

8 entries

consistency crux dope kernel matter meaning means message

Related terms

4 entries

style subsist substantial substantive

at location

1 entries

container

coordinate

4 entries

composite compound element mixture

derived

21 entries

Nissl substance all style and no substance economic substance exosubstance ground substance innominate substance mucosubstance multisubstance nanosubstance nonsubstance perfluoroalkyl substance polyfluoroalkyl substance polysubstance queen substance substance dependence substance-wise

Showing 16 of 21 words.

has context

1 entries

theology

holonym

1 entries

plenum

is a

2 entries

part physical entity

related to

10 entries

drug essential hypostasis material matter style sub subsist substantial substantive

Translations

197 translations across 77 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

lëndë noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
substancë noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

οὐσία noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
οὐσία noun (essential part)
οὐσία noun (material possessions)
ὑπόστασις noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Arabic

1 entries

مَادَّة noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Armenian

2 entries

էություն noun (essential part)
նյութ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Asturian

2 entries

sustancia noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
sustancia noun (essential part)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

maddə noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Bashkir

1 entries

матдә noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Belarusian

2 entries

рэ́чыва noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
субста́нцыя noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Bengali

1 entries

পদার্থ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вещество noun (a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties)
вещество́ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
имущество noun (material possessions)
субста́нция noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Burmese

1 entries

ဒြပ် noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Catalan

2 entries

substància noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
substància noun (essential part)

Chinese

1 entries

物質 /物质 noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

物質 /物质 noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

實質 /实质 noun (essential part)
毒品 noun (drugs)
物質 /物质 noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
物質 /物质 noun (drugs)

Czech

3 entries

látka noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
podstata noun (essential part)
substance noun (essential part)

Danish

4 entries

formue noun (material possessions)
hovedindhold noun (essential part)
masse noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
substans noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Dutch

1 entries

substantie noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Esperanto

1 entries

substanco noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Estonian

1 entries

aine noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Finnish

4 entries

aine noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
aineet noun (drugs)
materia noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
olemus noun (essential part)

French

4 entries

biens noun (material possessions)
fond noun (essential part)
substance noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
substance noun (essential part)

Galician

4 entries

bens noun (material possessions)
cerna noun (substantiality; solidity; firmness)
miolo noun (substantiality; solidity; firmness)
substancia noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Georgian

3 entries

არსი noun (essential part)
ნივთიერება noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
ნივთიერება noun (a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties)

German

4 entries

Stoff noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
Substanz noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
Substanz noun (essential part)
Substanz noun (material possessions)

Greek

4 entries

ουσία noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
ουσία noun (essential part)
ουσίες noun (drugs)
περιουσία noun (material possessions)

Hebrew

2 entries

חומר \ חֹמֶר noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
תוכן noun (essential part)

Hindi

4 entries

पदार्थ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
पदार्थ noun (a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties)
मादक पदार्थ noun (drugs)
वस्तु noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Hungarian

4 entries

anyag noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
lényeg noun (essential part)
szer noun (drugs)
szubsztancia noun (essential part)

Icelandic

1 entries

efni noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Indonesian

1 entries

zat noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Irish

3 entries

damhna noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
damhna noun (a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties)
mianach noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Italian

1 entries

sostanza noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Japanese

2 entries

物質 noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
骨子 noun (essential part)

Kazakh

1 entries

зат noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Khmer

1 entries

វត្ថុ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Korean

4 entries

마약 noun (drugs)
물질 noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
본질 noun (essential part)
본질 noun (substantiality; solidity; firmness)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

зат noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Lao

1 entries

ສະສານ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Latin

3 entries

materia noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
substantia noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
substantia noun (essential part)

Latvian

1 entries

viela noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Lithuanian

1 entries

medžiaga noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Macedonian

1 entries

супстанција noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Malay

2 entries

bahan noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
zat noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Mongolian

2 entries

бодис noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
ᠪᠣᠳᠠᠰ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Māori

4 entries

kiko noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
matū noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
pūmatū noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
pūmatū noun (a form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

made noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Norwegian

4 entries

formue noun (material possessions)
masse noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
narkotika noun (drugs)
substans noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

narkotika noun (drugs)
stoff noun (drugs)
substans noun (drugs)

Old English

1 entries

andweorc noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

مایه noun (essential part)

Pashto

1 entries

ماده noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Persian

1 entries

ماده noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Polish

4 entries

istota noun (essential part)
majątek noun (material possessions)
narkotyk noun (drugs)
substancja noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Portuguese

4 entries

riqueza noun (material possessions)
substância noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
substância noun (essential part)
substância noun (drugs)

Romanian

4 entries

drog noun (drugs)
narcotic noun (drugs)
substanță noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
substanță noun (essential part)

Russian

4 entries

вес noun (material possessions)
вещество́ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
вещество́ noun (drugs)
мате́рия noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Sanskrit

1 entries

सम्पत्ति noun (material possessions)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

susbaint noun (essential part)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

supstànca noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
супста̀нца noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Slovak

1 entries

látka noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Slovene

1 entries

snov noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Spanish

4 entries

enjundia noun (substantiality; solidity; firmness)
fuste noun (substantiality; solidity; firmness)
substancia noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
substancia noun (essential part)

Swedish

4 entries

resurs noun (material possessions)
substans noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
substans noun (essential part)
substans noun (drugs)

Tajik

1 entries

модда noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Tatar

1 entries

матдә noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Telugu

1 entries

పదార్థము noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Thai

3 entries

สสาร noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
แก่นสาร noun (essential part)
ใจความ noun (essential part)

Turkish

3 entries

madde noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
mal noun (material possessions)
maya noun (essential part)

Turkmen

1 entries

madda noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Ukrainian

2 entries

речовина́ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
субста́нція noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Urdu

1 entries

مادہ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Uyghur

1 entries

ماددا noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Uzbek

1 entries

modda noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Vietnamese

1 entries

vật chất noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

物質 /物质 noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Yiddish

1 entries

מאַטעריע noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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Salt is a useful substance.

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It was an argument of little substance.

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The substance is light enough to float on the water.

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The substance must be treated with acid.

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Substance

Synonyms for "substance" (367 found)

Closest matches (74)

Strong matches (110)

Related words (183)

Related word relations

More general

More specific

Synonyms

Related terms

at location

coordinate

derived

has context

holonym

is a

related to

Translations

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Indonesian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Malay

Mongolian

Māori

Northern Kurdish

Norwegian

Norwegian Bokmål

Old English

Ottoman Turkish

Pashto

Persian

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Sanskrit

Scottish Gaelic

Serbo-Croatian

Slovak

Slovene