'Substantive' definitions:
Definition of 'substantive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents" [syn: substantial, substantive]
adjective
Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established; "substantive law" [syn: substantive, essential] [ant: adjective, procedural]
adjective
Being on topic and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion" [syn: meaty, substantive]
noun
Any word or group of words functioning as a noun
Definition of 'Substantive'
From: GCIDE
- Substantive \Sub"stan*tive\, n. [Cf. F. substantif.] (Gram.) A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Substantive'
From: GCIDE
- Substantive \Sub"stan*tive\, v. t. To substantivize. [R.] --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Substantive'
From: GCIDE
- Substantive \Sub"stan*tive\, a. [L. substantivus: cf. F. substantif.]
- 1. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Depending on itself; independent. [1913 Webster]
- He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the foreigner. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Enduring; solid; firm; substantial. [1913 Webster]
- Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive. [1913 Webster]
- Noun substantive (Gram.), a noun which designates an object, material or immaterial; a substantive.
- Substantive color, one which communicates its color without the aid of a mordant or base; -- opposed to adjective color. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'substantive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ab ovo,
- abstract noun,
- adherent noun,
- adjectival,
- adverbial,
- appreciable,
- attributive,
- basal,
- basic,
- bedrock,
- central,
- collective noun,
- common noun,
- concrete,
- conjunctive,
- constituent,
- constitutive,
- copulative,
- correct,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- essential,
- focal,
- formal,
- functional,
- fundamental,
- gerund,
- glossematic,
- grammatic,
- gut,
- hypostasis,
- indispensable,
- intransitive,
- life-and-death,
- life-or-death,
- linking,
- material,
- nominal,
- noun,
- noun phrase,
- of the essence,
- of vital importance,
- original,
- palpable,
- participial,
- ponderable,
- postpositional,
- prepositional,
- primal,
- primary,
- primitive,
- pronominal,
- pronoun,
- proper noun,
- quotation noun,
- radical,
- real,
- sensible,
- solid,
- structural,
- substantial,
- syntactic,
- tagmemic,
- tangible,
- transitive,
- underlying,
- verbal,
- vital