Substance

/ˈsʌbstəns/

Synonyms for "substance" (458 found)

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Closest matches (92)

Noun(29 words)

body material additiveadvocate of utilitarianismaludra biochemicals cadmiumcare of animalscenter centre chemicalchemical compoundchemical substancesclay reddestcohort of physics learnerscompoundcompound a solutioncompounds consistence consistency

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contentcontent ofcontent with progresscontents core corporeitycurrent matterdegree of disorganizationdexone

actualityaffective meaningaffluence air amount amplitude assets atomatomic particlesatoms axiom balancebank accountbasis bearing beingbench markbest partbetter partbody

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bottombottom dollarbottomless pursebrute matterbudgetbuilding blockbulging pursebulk burden callcardinal pointcasecash reservescause center chapterchecking accountchemical elementchief thingclimax coloringcommand of moneycomponent composition concern concreteness connotation consequence constituent core cornerstone corporeality corpus crisiscritical pointcrux denotation density distillate distillation

Adjective(3 words)

catalan matèriachemical productchemical species

Strong matches (137)

Verb(1 words)

does matter

drift durability eartheasy circumstanceseffect elementelementary particleelementary unitelixirembarras de richessesentity essence essentialessential matteressentiality exchequer extension extent fabric fibre

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finances fire firmness flower focusfocus of attentionfocus of interestforce fortune foundation fund fundamentalfundamental particlefunds generality gist goldgood reasongrammatical meaninggravamengreat pointground groundshandsome fortunehead heading hearthigh incomehigh pointhigh tax brackethyle hypostasis idea impact implication import importanceimportant thingindependence individualinner essenceintension issue kernel keystone kitty landmarklexical meaninglife savingsliteral meaningliving issuelucre luxuriousness magnitudemain bodymain pointmain thingmajor partmajority mammon marrow mass materialmaterial basismaterial pointmaterial resourcesmaterial wealthmaterial worldmateriality materials materiel mattermatter in hand

Noun(36 words)

earnestine elements essence essences fill fluidform of governmentgist heartheart and soulheartinesshistory of science curriculumingredients inwardness ivory kernelmade ofmarrow massmaterial of

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materialities mattermatter a lotmatter at handmatter during reactionmatter formatter inmatter in educationmatter in experimentsmatter mostmatter tomatter to accuracymatter to resultsmattered greatlymatterness matters

Adjective(7 words)

effective mode of communicationheterogeneous mixture componentshigh relevanceinformational contentitalian materialatin materialatin materia topics

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Verb(4 words)

matters mostmatters to mesublimates synthesized

mean meaning meaningfulness means measure measurement meat medium milestone molecule monad moneymoney to burnmoneybags moneys most motif motivename of the gamenatural world

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naturenest eggnitty grittynote nub nubbin nucleus numbersnuts and boltsobject opulence opulency overtone palpabilitypecuniary resourcespelf pertinencephysical worldpith pivot plenum plurality pocket pointpoint at issuepoint in questionponderability pool possession possessions postulatepractical consequencepreparation principle problem property prosperity prosperousness purport purse quantity quantum question quid quiddity quintessence quintessentialrange of meaningraw materialreal issuereal meaningreality reason recap recapitulation reference referent relation relevance reserves resource resources resume riches richness right root rubricrun throughrun-through rundownsalient pointsap savingssavings accountscopesemantic clustersemantic fieldsense short significance signification significatum signifiesine qua nonsolidity soul soundnessspan of meaningspirit stability staple steadiness stock store stoutness strengthstructural meaningstuff sturdiness subjectsubject mattersubject of thoughtsubstances substantiality substantialnesssubstantive pointsubstratum sumsum and substancesum totalsummary summation supplyswiss bank accountsymbolic meaningtangibility tangible tenor text texturethe bottom linethe four elementsthe nitty-grittythe pointtheme thing thrust topictotality of associationstoughnesstransferred meaningtreasureturning pointunadorned meaningundertoneunit of beingunregistered bank accountupper bracketupshot value warrant water wealth wealthiness wherewithal whole worth

Noun(46 words)

meaning meansmeasurement of changemeat meatiness mediums merits message mineralsmore chemicalmore chemical substancemore compoundmore materialmost chemicalmost materialmusgu nebcinnetwork of interactionsnitty-gritty nub

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occupant petrochemicalphysical chemicalpithproduce liquidpure substancepurports reagent removers sample sangapenum secretionstatement contentstudy of artstudy of motionstuff stuffssubject mattersubject of sentencesubstantive sumsymbol of hopetrough fillingweightiness wezenwith chemicals

Determiner(2 words)

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5 relation types

More general

17 entries

capitalcognitive contentcommunication componentcomponent partconstituent content idea material mattermental objectpartphysical entityportion property sample

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More specific

5 entries

compound element reagent solute solvent

Collocations

5 entries

chemical substancehazardous substancemixture of substancespure substancesample of substance

Inflections

1 entries

substances

Derivations

5 entries

substantial substantially substantiate substantiation substantive

Translations

96 translations across 73 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

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

Ancient Greek

3 entries

οὐσία noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
ὑπόστασις noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
ὕλη noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Arabic

1 entries

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

Armenian

1 entries

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

Asturian

1 entries

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

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

2 entries

вещество́ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
субста́нция noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Burmese

1 entries

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

Catalan

1 entries

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

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

1 entries

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

Czech

1 entries

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

Danish

2 entries

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

2 entries

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

French

1 entries

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

Galician

1 entries

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

Georgian

1 entries

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

German

2 entries

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

Greek

1 entries

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

Hebrew

1 entries

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

Hindi

2 entries

पदार्थ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
वस्तु noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Hungarian

2 entries

anyag noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
tartalom noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Icelandic

1 entries

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

Indonesian

1 entries

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

Irish

2 entries

damhna noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
mianach noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Italian

1 entries

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

Japanese

1 entries

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

Kazakh

1 entries

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

Khmer

1 entries

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

Korean

1 entries

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

Kyrgyz

1 entries

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

Lao

1 entries

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

Latin

2 entries

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

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

3 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)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

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

Norwegian

2 entries

masse noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
substans noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Old English

1 entries

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

Pashto

1 entries

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

Persian

1 entries

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

Polish

1 entries

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

Portuguese

1 entries

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

Romanian

1 entries

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

Russian

3 entries

вещество́ noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
мате́рия noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
субста́нция noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

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

2 entries

substancia noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
sustancia noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

Swedish

2 entries

substans noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)
ämne noun (physical matter; material — see also matter)

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

1 entries

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

Turkish

1 entries

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

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.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Salt is a useful substance.

Source: tatoeba (25748)

It was an argument of little substance.

Source: tatoeba (33278)

The substance is light enough to float on the water.

Source: tatoeba (44134)

The substance must be treated with acid.

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