Synonyms for substantive
ˈsʌb stən tɪvsub·stan·tive

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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.

   Synonyms:
   substantial, meaty

   Antonyms:
   procedural, adjective, verbal

4. substantiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   verbal, adjective, procedural

5. substantiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   verbal, procedural, adjective

6. substantiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   essential, in essence

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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"

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

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

3. substantive, essentialadjective

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

   "substantive law"

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

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

4. meaty, substantiveadjective

   being on topic and prompting thought

   "a meaty discussion"

   Synonyms:
   essential, meaty, substantial

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

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1. • Law

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1. substantivenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) noun, name

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1. List of paraphrases for "substantive":

   substantial, functional, background, bottom, noun, substance, fund, technical, merits, thematic, objectivity, objective, organic, fundamental, substantively, material, demersal, concrete, working-level, real, significant

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1. 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.

2. Digital World:

   We have not selected any specific business target and we have not, nor has anyone on our behalf, initiated any substantive discussions, directly or indirectly, with any business combination target.

3. Mutsuyoshi Nishimura:

   The energy mix is based upon restarting nuclear in a substantive way, which looks unlikely in view of public opposition.

4. Ginni Thomas:

   There are important and legitimate substantive questions about achieving goals like electoral integrity, racial equality, and political accountability that a democratic system like ours needs to be able to discuss and debate rationally in the political square.

5. Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz:

   Yesterday, in an interview, he even had the nerve to make an outrageous comment about one of his fellow candidate's looks, so I'm sorry, I'm just, I'm not really willing to give Donald Trump credit for very credible, substantive beliefs.