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. Aesop:

   Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

2. Gregory Conley:

   No youth should be experimenting with any adult substance, but we don't live in a perfect world. We make tradeoffs, we recognize that one bad situation is better than a worse situation.

3. Mary Caroline Richards:

   Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern.

4. Eduardo Rodriguez:

   Cameron Underwood has not lived with Cameron Underwood injury for a decade or longer like most other face transplant recipients have, as a result, he has not had to deal with many of the long-term psycho-social issues which often lead to issues like severe depression, substance abuse, and other potentially harmful behaviors.

5. Dan Reed:

   It's pretty much what you'd expect them to say, they obviously haven't seen it, and I'm not engaging with the substance of what they're saying.