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/səbstˈæntʃəl/ /səbstˈænʃəl/ Listen

adjective

Substantial adj.

Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life. "If this atheist would have his chance to be real and substantial agent, he is more stupid than the vulgar."

Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable. "If happinessbe a substantial good." "The substantial ornaments of virtue."

Corporeal; material; firm. "Most ponderous and substantial things." "The rainbow (appears to be) a large substantial arch."

Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.

Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder. "Substantial yeomen and burghers."

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Etymology of 'Substantial'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Substantial" Quotes from Famous Books

... of their disappearance!); here the small gestures, and all the things that make up a personality, marked out Charles Stuart. When the soul is seized with such sudden and positive conviction of the substantial past it is overwhelmed; and Europe is ...

— First and Last • H. Belloc

... has the look of truth, Socrates; but these subjects, as you were saying, are difficult to follow at first. I think however, that if I could hear the argument repeated by you once or twice, there would be a substantial agreement between us. ...

— Philebus • Plato

... conversational efforts next morning at breakfast, mentioned the fact that the German Emperor had engaged him in a substantial talk at Munich, and had recommended him to pass the winter at Berlin. It was immediately obvious that he rose in his father's estimation, for, though no doubt primarily the fact that Michael was his son was the cause of this interest, it gave ...

— Michael • E. F. Benson

... her own sitting-room. She was a recent convert to the younger English novelists, and was forced to her seclusion by the amazing fecundity with which they kept repopulating her reading-table. Larry she accepted with a hazy, preoccupied politeness, eager always to get back to the more substantial characters ...

— Children of the Whirlwind • Leroy Scott

... OF THE BED.—The bed should be a substantial single bed. If a double one is used, prepare the side for the confinement which will permit the physician to use his right hand,—that will be the right side of the patient as she lies in bed. One objection to a double bed is its tendency to sag. This tendency ...

— The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) - A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies • W. Grant Hague, M.D.

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