substance - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists

Synonyms

• substance

More generic

• component
• component part
• constituent
• matter
• part
• portion

More specific

• activator
• atom
• body substance
• chemical element
• chemistry
• element
• essence
• fluid
• living substance
• material
• medium
• mixture
• phlogiston
• protoplasm
• stuff
• substrate
• volatile

Noun

a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties

Synonyms

• substance

More generic

• matter

More specific

• adulterant
• adulterator
• agent
• allergen
• antigen
• assay
• carcinogen
• chemical irritant
• denaturant
• digestive
• elixir
• ferment
• fomentation
• food
• fuel
• humectant
• hydrocolloid
• inhibitor
• inoculant
• inoculum
• jelly
• leaven
• leavening
• ligand
• lube
• lubricant
• lubricating substance
• lubricator
• lysin
• metabolite
• nutrient
• philosopher's stone
• philosophers' stone
• poison
• poisonous substance
• propellant
• propellent
• pyrectic
• pyrogen
• refrigerant
• toxicant
• vehicle

Noun

the property of holding together and retaining its shape

Synonyms

• body
• consistence
• consistency
• substance

More generic

• property

More specific

• breakableness
• gaseousness
• hardness
• porosity
• porousness
• softness
• solidity
• solidness
• thickness
• thinness
• unbreakableness
• viscosity
• viscousness

Noun

the idea that is intended

Synonyms

• meaning
• substance

More generic

• idea
• thought

More specific

• connotation
• denotation
• extension
• implication
• import
• reference
• semantics
• significance
• strain
• tenor
• undercurrent
• undertone

Noun

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Synonyms

• center
• centre
• core
• essence
• gist
• heart
• heart and soul
• inwardness
• kernel
• marrow
• meat
• nitty-gritty
• nub
• pith
• substance
• sum

More generic

• cognitive content
• content
• mental object

More specific

• bare bones
• haecceity
• hypostasis
• quiddity
• quintessence
• stuff

Noun

what a communication that is about something is about

Synonyms

• content
• message
• subject matter
• substance

More generic

• communication

More specific

• acknowledgement
• acknowledgment
• approval
• aside
• body
• bunk
• commendation
• commitment
• corker
• counsel
• counseling
• counselling
• dedication
• digression
• direction
• disapproval
• discourtesy
• disrespect
• divagation
• drivel
• entry
• excursus
• garbage
• guidance
• hokum
• humor
• humour
• import
• info
• information
• insertion
• instruction
• interpolation
• latent content
• meaning
• meaninglessness
• memorial
• narration
• narrative
• nonsense
• nonsensicality
• offer
• offering
• opinion
• packaging
• parenthesis
• petition
• postulation
• promo
• promotion
• promotional material
• proposal
• publicity
• refusal
• reminder
• request
• respects
• sensationalism
• shocker
• significance
• signification
• statement
• story
• subject
• submission
• tale
• theme
• topic
• view
• wit
• witticism
• wittiness

Noun

considerable capital (wealth or income)

Synonyms

• means
• substance

More generic

• capital

More specific

• pocketbook
• wherewithal

Noun

material of a particular kind or constitution

Synonyms

• substance

More generic

• physical entity

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