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1. substantive
adjective. ['ˈsʌbstəntɪv'] having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable.
Synonyms
- substantial
Antonyms
- extrinsic
- dispensable
Etymology
- substantif (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
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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.
Synonyms
- noun
Antonyms
- secondary
- unimportant
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
- expendable
Etymology
- substantif (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. substantive
adjective. ['ˈsʌbstəntɪv'] being on topic and prompting thought.
Synonyms
- meaty
Antonyms
- inessentiality
- noncrucial
Etymology
- substantif (Old French (842-ca. 1400))