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substancial — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • substantial adjective Large enough in size, amount, or value to be significant.
  • substantive adj Forming the essential or basic part of something.

Senses

substancial is used for these senses in English:

  • substantial Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
  • substantive Of the essence or essential element of a thing.

substantial — full definition

  1. adjective Large enough in size, amount, or value to be significant.
  2. adjective Solid, strong, or well-built.
  3. adjective Real and actual rather than imaginary.

substantive — full definition

  1. adj Forming the essential or basic part of something.
  2. adj Concerned with real content rather than surface style, and so always meaningful.
  3. adj Solid, firm and of real importance.
  4. adj Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
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