Associations to the word «Substantial»

Wiktionary

SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Having to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Corporeal; material; firm.
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Large in size, quantity, or value; as, a substantial amount of money; vast
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Most important; essential.
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Ample or full.
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Significantly great.
SUBSTANTIAL, noun. Anything having substance; an essential part.

Dictionary definition

SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Fairly large; "won by a substantial margin".
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable; "substantial equivalents".
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare.
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day".
SUBSTANTIAL, adjective. Of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne