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1. substantive
adjective. ['ˈsʌbstəntɪv'] having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable.
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Antonyms
Etymology
- substantif (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Rhymes with Substantive
- abortive
- accommodative
- accumulative
- accusative
- acquisitive
- active
- adaptive
- addictive
- additive
- additive
- adjective
- administrative
- adoptive
- affective
- affirmative
- airmotive
- alliterative
- alliterative
- anticompetitive
- anti-infective
Sentences with substantive
1. Adjective
A company must account for these substantive amounts in a way that complies with financial accounting principles.
Quotes about substantive
1. While we can learn or study techniques for almost anything we might want to accomplish, real understanding is not the mere accumulation of knowledge. Understanding cannot be realized by listening or reading about the realization of others. It must be achieved firsthand via substantive, direct perception in the moment.
- H.E. Davey, Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation
2. substantive
noun. ['ˈsʌbstəntɪv'] any word or group of words functioning as a noun.
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Antonyms
Etymology
- substantif (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. substantive
adjective. ['ˈsʌbstəntɪv'] defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established.
Antonyms
Etymology
- substantif (Old French (842-ca. 1400))