1. Adjective
Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life.
2. Adjective
Not seeming or imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable.
3. Adjective
Corporeal; material; firm.
4. Adjective
Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm; as, substantial cloth; a substantial fence or wall.
5. Adjective
Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible; as, a substantial freeholder.
6. Adjective
of considerable importance, size, or worth; "won by a substantial margin"
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7. Adjective
having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "The wind was violent and felt substantial enough to lean against"
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