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Synonyms of substance in English:

substance


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noun

1‘an organic substance’

SYNONYMS
material, matter, stuff, medium, fabric

2‘he saw ghostly figures with no substance’

SYNONYMS
solidity, body, corporeality, reality, actuality, materiality, concreteness, tangibility
density, mass, weight, shape, structure

3‘none of the objections put forward has any substance’

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meaningfulness, significance, importance, import, moment, power, soundness, validity, content, pith, marrow, core
basis, foundation
informal clout

4‘the substance of the tale is too thin and familiar by far’

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content, subject matter, subject, theme, topic, text, message, material, burden, tenor, essence, quintessence, heart, meat, gist, drift, sense, import

5‘Rangers are a team of substance and skill’

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character, backbone, mettle, strength of character
consequence, import, importance, significance, moment, magnitude, prominence
informal clout

6‘the proprietors were independent men of substance’

SYNONYMS
wealth, fortune, riches, affluence, prosperity, money, capital, means, resources, assets, property, estates, possessions