SUBSTANCE
Definition:
- [noun] that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"
Synonyms: matter
- [noun] the stuff of which an object consists
- [noun] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
Synonyms: kernel, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
- [noun] the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
Synonyms: meaning
- [noun] considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means"
Synonyms: means
- [noun] what a communication that is about something is about
Synonyms: message, content, subject matter
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Related Words:
- food, nutrient
- ballast
- bedding material, bedding, litter
- body substance
- protoplasm, living substance
- drift
- grinding
- sediment, deposit
- material, stuff
- ylem
- dark matter
- antimatter
- micronutrient
- philosopher's stone
- precursor
- phlogiston
- allergen
- assay
- pyrogen, pyrectic
- mixture
- hydrocolloid
- adulterant, adulterator
- atom
- chemical element, element
- propellant, propellent
- denaturant
- activator
- inhibitor
- ferment
- substrate
- carcinogen
- compound, chemical compound
- element
- foamentation
- fuel
- medium
- culture medium, medium
- medium
- humectant
- inoculant, inoculum
- jelly
- leaven, leavening
- fluid
- fluid
- sludge, slime, goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
- system
- refrigerant
- residue
- lysin
- poison, poisonous substance
- chemical irritant
- antigen
- solid
- solute
- solvate
- volatile
- emanation
- essence
- ligand
- metabolite
- vegetable matter
- bare bones
- hypostasis
- quiddity, haecceity
- quintessence
- stuff
- significance, import, implication
- tenor, strain
- undertone, undercurrent
- reference, denotation, extension
- reference
- connotation
- pocketbook
- wherewithal
- body
- corker
- reminder
- request, petition, postulation
- memorial
- latent content
- subject, topic, theme
- digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
- meaning, significance, signification, import
- nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
- drivel, garbage
- acknowledgment, acknowledgement
- refusal
- information, info
- guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
- commitment, dedication
- approval, commendation
- disapproval
- respects
- disrespect, discourtesy
- interpolation, insertion
- statement
- statement
- wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
- opinion, view
- direction, instruction
- proposal
- offer, offering
- submission, entry
- narrative, narration, story, tale
- promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging
- sensationalism
- shocker
