substantial

English

Etymology

From Old French substantiel.

Adjective

substantial (comparative more substantial, superlative most substantial)

1. Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
2. Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
   • "to do some substantial good, is the compensation for much incidental imperfection" - Cardinal Newman, The Rise and Progress of Universities
3. Corporeal; material; firm.
4. Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
5. possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.
6. Large in size, quantity, or value; as, a substantial amount of money; vast
7. Most important; essential.
8. Ample or full.

   A substantial amount of people in this buliding

9. Significantly great.

Derived terms

• consubstantial
• insubstantial
• substantiality
• substantially
• substantialness

Translations

belonging to substance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 物質的 (cmn), 物质的 (cmn) (wùzhì de, wùzhí de)

• Czech: hmotný (cs)
• Finnish: todellinen (fi)

• Hungarian: lényeges (hu)
• Italian: sostanziale (it)
• Japanese: 物質的な (ja) (busshitsu-teki na), 現実の (ja) (genjitsu no)
• Russian: вещественный (ru) (veščéstvennyj), материальный (ru) (materiálʹnyj)

not seeming or imaginary

• Arabic: حقيقي (ar) (ḥaqīqiyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 實際 (cmn), 实际 (cmn) (shíjì)

• Czech: opravdový (cs)
• Finnish: todellinen (fi)

• Hungarian: való (hu), valódi (hu)
• Japanese: 現実の (ja) (genjitsu no), 実際の (ja) (jissai no)
• Russian: настоящий (ru) (nastojáščij), реальный (ru) (reálʹnyj), действительный (ru) (dejstvítelʹnyj)

corporeal

• Czech: hmotný (cs)
• Finnish: todellinen (fi)

• Japanese: 現実の (ja) (genjitsu no), 実際の (ja) (jissai no)
• Russian: вещественный (ru) (veščéstvennyj), материальный (ru) (materiálʹnyj)

having good substance

• Czech: bytelný (cs)
• Finnish: tukeva (fi), tuhti (fi)
• Hungarian: szilárd (hu), tartós (hu)

• Japanese: 堅固な (ja) (kenko na), 頑丈な (ja) (ganjō na)
• Russian: прочный (ru) (próčnyj), крепкий (ru) (krépkij), солидный (ru) (solídnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: susbainteach (gd)

possessed of goods or an estate

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殷實 (cmn), 殷实 (cmn) (yīnshí)

• Finnish: vauras (fi)
• Hungarian: gazdag (hu), vagyonos (hu), tehetős (hu), jómódú (hu)

• Japanese: 裕福な (ja) (yūfuku na)
• Russian: солидный (ru) (solídnyj), зажиточный (ru) (zažítočnyj), обеспеченный (ru) (obespéčennyj), состоятельный (ru) (sostoját'el'nyj)

large in size, quantity, or value

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大量 (cmn) (dàliàng)

• Czech: podstatný (cs)
• Finnish: huomattava (fi), runsas (fi)
• German: wesentlich (de)

• Hungarian: tekintélyes (hu), bőséges (hu)
• Japanese: 大量の (ja) (tairyō no)
• Russian: значительный (ru) (značítelʹnyj), существенный (ru) (suščéstvennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: susbainteach (gd)

essential

• Czech: podstatný (cs)
• Finnish: oleellinen (fi), olennainen (fi)
• German: wesentlich (de)
• Hungarian: lényegi (hu), alapvető (hu)

• Italian: sostanziale (it)
• Japanese: 実質的な (ja) (jisshitsuteki na)
• Russian: существенный (ru) (suščéstvennyj), важный (ru) (vážnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: susbainteach (gd)

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• Arabic: حقيقي (ħaqíeqi)
• Mandarin: 實際, 实际 (shíjì)
• Dutch: substantieel
• French: substantiel (fr)
• German: wesentlich (de)
• Greek: ουσιαστικός (el) (ousiastikós) m (ousiastikós), ουσιώδης (el) (ousiódis) m (ousiódis)
• Italian: sostanziale (it)

• Korean: 실재하는 (siljaehaneun)
• Norwegian: vesentlig
• Portuguese: substancial
• Spanish: substancial
• Swedish: väsentlig

Noun

substantial (plural substantials)

1. Anything having substance; an essential part.