substance
substance Lexical Profile
substance Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A particular kind of matter with uniform properties, whether solid, liquid, or gas.
"The laboratory technicians tested the unknown chemical substance to determine its toxicity."
The most important or essential part of something; the real or essential meaning, or the quality of being meaningful, valid, or important.
"Critics argued that the speech was full of rhetorical flourishes but lacked any real policy substance."
The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists and which has a tangible, solid presence.
"Philosophers have long debated the relationship between mental consciousness and physical substance."
An intoxicating, stimulating, or narcotic chemical or drug, especially an illegal one.
"The athletic committee banned the player after testing positive for a prohibited performance-enhancing substance."
Material possessions; wealth and financial resources.
"She was respected in the community as a woman of independent means and considerable substance."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French substance, from Latin substantia ('being, essence, material'), derived from substare ('to stand firm, be present'), a compound of sub- ('under') and stare ('to stand').