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

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) (v'eš'éstv'ennyj), материальный (ru) (mat'eriál'nyj)

not seeming or imaginary

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: настоящый (ru) (nastojáš'ij), реальный (ru) (r'eálnyj), действительный (ru) (d'ejstvít'el'nyj)

corporeal

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

Japanese: 現実の (ja) (genjitsu no), 実際の (ja) (jissai no) Russian: вещественный (ru) (v'eš'éstv'ennyj), материальный (ru) (mat'eriál'nyj)

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) (kr'épkij), солидный (ru) (solídnyj) Scottish Gaelic: susbainteach (gd)

possessed of goods or an estate

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) (ob'esp'éčennyj), состоятельный (ru) (sostoját'el'nyj)

large in size, quantity, or value

Czech: podstatný (cs) Finnish: huomattava (fi), runsas (fi) Hungarian: tekintélyes (hu), bőséges (hu)

Japanese: 大量の (ja) (tairyō no) Russian: значительный (ru) (značít'el'nyj) Scottish Gaelic: susbainteach (gd)

essential

Czech: podstatný (cs) Finnish: oleellinen (fi), olennainen (fi) Hungarian: lényegi (hu), alapvető (hu) Italian: sostanziale (it)

Japanese: 実質的な (ja) (jisshitsuteki na) Russian: существенный (ru) (suš'éstv'ennyj), 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) m. (ousiastikós), ουσιώδης (el) m. (ousiódis) Italian: sostanziale (it)

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