Antonyms for substantive
ˈsʌb stən tɪvsub·stan·tive

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. substantiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   verbal

2. substantiveadjective

   A word that names or refers to a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns and personal pronouns are always substantives by nature.

   Antonyms:
   verbal, adjective, procedural

3. substantiveadjective

   Having substance and prompting thought.

   Antonyms:
   procedural, adjective, verbal

   Synonyms:
   substantial, meaty

4. substantiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   verbal, adjective, procedural

5. substantiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   verbal, procedural, adjective

6. substantiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   essential, in essence

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1. • Law

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. substantiveadjective

   any word or group of words functioning as a noun

   Antonyms:
   adjective, nonmeaningful, unessential, inessential, procedural, meaningless

2. substantial, substantiveadjective

   having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable

   "substantial equivalents"

   Antonyms:
   unessential, meaningless, nonmeaningful, procedural, inessential, adjective

   Synonyms:
   substantial, significant, hearty, essential, real, square, material, solid, meaty, strong, satisfying

3. substantive, essentialadjective

   defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established

   "substantive law"

   Antonyms:
   procedural, nonmeaningful, inessential, adjective, meaningless, unessential

   Synonyms:
   substantial, essential, all important(p), all-important(a), indispensable, meaty, crucial, of the essence(p)

4. meaty, substantiveadjective

   being on topic and prompting thought

   "a meaty discussion"

   Antonyms:
   adjective, nonmeaningful, procedural, meaningless, inessential, unessential

   Synonyms:
   essential, meaty, substantial

How to use substantive in a sentence?

1. Antony Blinken:

   In my call today with Director Wang Yi, I made clear that the presence of this surveillance balloon in US airspace is a clear violation of US sovereignty and international law, that it’s an irresponsible act, and that the (People’s Republic of China) decision to take this action on the eve of my planned visit is detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were prepared to have.

2. Ahmed Shaheed:

   Their response to my current report has been the most substantive over the past 4-1/2 years, but other developments in Iran over the past 12 months gives us pause on why we should not put too much weight on this because there have been rising executions.

3. Our Board of Directors:

   We believe it is critical to engage in a rigorous analysis of the achievable synergies from a potential combination. With substantive engagement from Xerox management and access to diligence information on Xerox, we believe that we can quickly evaluate the merits of a potential transaction. We remain ready to engage with you to better understand your business and any value to be created from a combination.

4. Ian Lyngen:

   Fischer did not provide any new substantive information to the market, which is already anticipating a September hike.

5. Art Hogan:

   To the extent that you got dueling positive monetary policy statements in two places that we were concerned about a slowdown in economic growth, that's very good, China's is more substantive because they are actually doing something.

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