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substance
Overview of noun substance
The noun substance has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (68) substance, matter -- (that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter")
2. (4) substance -- (the stuff of which an object consists)
3. (2) kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty -- (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story")
4. (2) meaning, substance -- (the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?")
5. means, substance -- (considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means")
6. message, content, subject matter, substance -- (what a communication that is about something is about)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun substance
6 senses of substance
Sense 1
substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
substance
=> part, portion, component part, component
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
meaning, substance
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
means, substance
=> capital
=> assets
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun substance
5 of 6 senses of substance
Sense 1
substance, matter
=> food, nutrient
=> ballast
=> bedding material, bedding, litter
=> body substance
=> protoplasm, living substance
=> drift
=> grinding
=> sediment, deposit
=> material, stuff
=> ylem
=> dark matter
=> antimatter
=> micronutrient
=> philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, elixir
=> precursor
=> phlogiston
=> allergen
=> assay
=> pyrogen, pyrectic
=> pyrogen
=> mixture
=> hydrocolloid
=> adulterant, adulterator
=> atom
=> chemical element, element
=> propellant, propellent
=> denaturant
=> activator
=> inhibitor
=> ferment
=> substrate
=> carcinogen
=> compound, chemical compound
=> digestive
=> element
=> foamentation
=> fuel
=> medium
=> culture medium, medium
=> medium
=> humectant
=> inoculant, inoculum
=> jelly
=> leaven, leavening
=> fluid
=> fluid
=> sludge, slime, goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
=> system
=> refrigerant
=> residue
=> lysin
=> poison, toxicant, poisonous substance
=> chemical irritant
=> antigen
=> solid
=> solute
=> solvate
=> volatile
=> emanation
=> essence
=> ligand
=> metabolite
=> vegetable matter
=> vehicle
Sense 3
kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
=> bare bones
=> hypostasis
=> quiddity, haecceity
=> quintessence
=> stuff
Sense 4
meaning, substance
=> significance, import, implication
=> tenor, strain
=> undertone, undercurrent
=> reference, denotation, extension
=> reference
=> connotation
Sense 5
means, substance
=> pocketbook
=> wherewithal
Sense 6
message, content, subject matter, substance
=> body
=> corker
=> reminder
=> request, petition, postulation
=> memorial
=> latent content
=> subject, topic, theme
=> digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
=> drivel, garbage
=> acknowledgment, acknowledgement
=> refusal
=> information, info
=> guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
=> commitment, dedication
=> approval, commendation
=> disapproval
=> respects
=> disrespect, discourtesy
=> interpolation, insertion
=> statement
=> statement
=> wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
=> opinion, view
=> direction, instruction
=> proposal
=> offer, offering
=> submission, entry
=> narrative, narration, story, tale
=> promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging
=> sensationalism
=> shocker
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun substance
6 senses of substance
Sense 1
substance, matter
=> physical entity
Sense 2
substance
=> part, portion, component part, component
Sense 3
kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
Sense 4
meaning, substance
=> idea, thought
Sense 5
means, substance
=> capital
Sense 6
message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
Antonyms of noun substance
Member Holonyms of noun substance
Substance Holonyms of noun substance
Part Holonyms of noun substance
Member Meronyms of noun substance
Substance Meronyms of noun substance
Part Meronyms of noun substance
Meronyms of noun substance
Holonyms of noun substance
Attributes of noun substance
Derived Forms of noun substance
2 of 6 senses of substance
Sense 1
substance, matter
RELATED TO>(adj) substantial#3
=> substantial, real, material
Sense 2
substance
RELATED TO>(adj) substantial#3
=> substantial, real, material
Domain of noun substance
Domain Terms of noun substance
Familiarity of noun substance
substance used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun substance
6 senses of substance
Sense 1
substance, matter
> physical entity
=> thing
=> object, physical object
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> substance, matter
=> process, physical process
Sense 2
substance
> part, portion, component part, component
=> language unit, linguistic unit
=> item, point
=> butt
=> basis, base
=> detail, particular, item
=> unit
=> member
=> substance
=> remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
=> subpart
Sense 3
kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> tradition
=> object
=> food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment
=> noumenon, thing-in-itself
=> universe, universe of discourse
=> topic, subject, issue, matter
=> issue
=> idea, thought
=> kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
=> wisdom
=> representation, mental representation, internal representation
=> belief
=> unbelief, disbelief
=> heresy, unorthodoxy
=> goal, end
=> education
=> experience
=> acculturation, culture
=> lore, traditional knowledge
=> ignorance
=> knowledge domain, knowledge base
=> metaknowledge
Sense 4
meaning, substance
> idea, thought
=> inspiration
=> cogitation
=> concept, conception, construct
=> preoccupation
=> misconception
=> plan, program, programme
=> figment
=> generalization, generalisation, generality
=> suggestion
=> impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion
=> reaction
=> theorem
=> notion, whim, whimsy, whimsey
=> meaning, substance
=> burden
=> theme, motif
=> ideal
=> idealization, idealisation
=> keynote
=> kink
Sense 5
means, substance
> capital
=> endowment, endowment fund
=> means, substance
=> principal, corpus, principal sum
Sense 6
message, content, subject matter, substance
> communication
=> publication
=> message
=> contagion, infection
=> language, linguistic communication
=> written communication, written language
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> didacticism
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> sign
=> indication, indicant
=> visual communication
=> display
=> expressive style, style
=> paralanguage, paralinguistic communication
=> auditory communication
=> voice, vocalization, vocalisation, vocalism, phonation, vox
=> psychic communication, psychical communication, anomalous communication
=> voice
=> document
Meronyms of noun substance
6 senses of substance
Holonyms of noun substance
Grep of noun substance
body substance
chemical substance
controlled substance
gray substance
grey substance
ground substance
humic substance
intercellular substance
liquid body substance
living substance
lubricating substance
poisonous substance
psychoactive substance
solid body substance
substance
substance abuse
substance abuser
synthetic substance
translucent substance
transparent substance
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