Synonyms for substance
ˈsʌb stənssub·stance

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. substancenoun

   Synonyms:
   being, essence, nature

   Antonyms:
   attribute, attribute, property, quality

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. substance

   Synonyms:
   matter, material, body, pith, gist, import, essential, meaning, be

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1. substancenoun

   the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists

   "DNA is the substance of our genes"

   Synonyms:
   means, nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, sum, subject matter, gist, heart and soul, nub, center, centre, kernel, meaning, essence, message, heart, content, marrow, pith

2. kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-grittynoun

   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:
   affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, center, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, marrow, heart and soul, sum, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, kernel, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, essence, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middle

3. meaning, substancenoun

   the idea that is intended

   "What is the meaning of this proverb?"

   Synonyms:
   means, nitty-gritty, meat, import, core, inwardness, sum, subject matter, center, gist, heart and soul, content, nub, signification, centre, kernel, meaning, essence, message, heart, significance, marrow, pith

4. substancenoun

   material of a particular kind or constitution

   "the immune response recognizes invading substances"

   Synonyms:
   means, nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, sum, subject matter, gist, heart and soul, nub, center, centre, kernel, meaning, essence, message, heart, content, marrow, pith

5. means, substancenoun

   considerable capital (wealth or income)

   "he is a man of means"

   Synonyms:
   means, nitty-gritty, meat, subject matter, core, nub, inwardness, sum, way, gist, heart and soul, center, agency, centre, kernel, meaning, essence, message, heart, content, marrow, pith

6. message, content, subject matter, substancenoun

   what a communication that is about something is about

   Synonyms:
   message, content, meat, means, core, inwardness, subject, sum, subject matter, cognitive content, heart and soul, marrow, nub, center, depicted object, centre, kernel, meaning, essence, contentedness, heart, mental object, nitty-gritty, capacity, pith, gist

7. substancenoun

   a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties

   "shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man"

   Synonyms:
   means, nitty-gritty, meat, core, inwardness, sum, subject matter, gist, heart and soul, nub, center, centre, kernel, meaning, essence, message, heart, content, marrow, pith

Matched Categories

1. • Capital
   • Communication
   • Content
   • Idea
   • Physical Entity

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. substancenoun

   Synonyms:
   substratum, groundwork, reality, hypostasis, substantiality, essential nature, real being, real existence

2. substancenoun

   Synonyms:
   meaning, import, significance, essence, pith, gist, soul, chief part, essential part, vital part

3. substancenoun

   Synonyms:
   body, matter, material, texture, stuff

4. substancenoun

   Synonyms:
   property, wealth, means, estate

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1. List of paraphrases for "substance":

   substances, content, essence, fund, merits, substantive, bottom, material, groin, drug, substantia, contents, background, drugs, compound

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1. List of known nicknames for "Substance":

   DJ Pete, Peter Kuschnereit, Pete, DJ, Mark Morrison, Sonic Experiments, Mark Davies

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How to use substance in a sentence?

1. Neil Saunders:

   In Mark Tritton blunt view, this was a cosmetic reinvention — copied from Target — with very little substance behind it, it is little wonder that it has quickly fallen apart.

2. Jarrell Miller:

   I have NEVER knowingly taken any banned substance and when I found out the news last night I was totally shocked.

3. Brittany Raffa:

   Families were left without adequate child supervision with most childcare centers and schools closed or virtual (during the early part of the pandemic), as overall stress and parental substance use increased, substance use treatment centers and mental health care were disrupted.

4. John Rankin:

   It is my duty as Governor to inform you that this morning Andrew Alturo Fahie was detained in Miami on charges related to conspiracy to import a controlled substance and money laundering.

5. Alden Meyer:

   I don't see these attacks having any substantial bearing on the substance of the negotiations, as opposed to Copenhagen, for example, where the 2008-2009 global economic crisis did raise doubts about the costs associated with climate action.