Term: substantial





substantial (adjective): large in size, value, amount, or importance; also used to describe something that is strongly built or “solid.”

synonyms: considerable, significant, sizable, hefty, solid, meaningful. 

pronunciation: /səbˈstænʃl/ 

translationbūtisks, ievērojams, pamatīgs or apjomīgs 

example: After the new marketing campaign, the company saw a substantial increase in its monthly sales. 

other words from this root: substantially (adverb), substance (noun), substantiate (verb).

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
substantial (adjective)
1.
a) consisting of or relating to - substance
b) not imaginary or illusory - real true
c) - important essential
2.
ample to satisfy and nourish - full a substantial meal
3.
a) possessed of means - well-to-do
b) considerable in quantity significantly great - earned a substantial wage
4.
firmly constructed - sturdy a substantial house
5.
being largely but not wholly that which is specified - a substantial lie
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
substantial (adjective)
1.
having great meaning or lasting effect
SYNONYMS:
big, consequential, earthshaking, earth-shattering, eventful, historic, major, material, meaningful, momentous, monumental, much, significant, substantial, tectonic, weighty
RELATED WORDS:
decisive, fatal, fateful, strategic; earnest, grave, heavy, serious, sincere; distinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, remarkable; valuable, worthwhile, worthy; distinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, preeminent, prestigious; famous, notorious, renowned; all-important, central, critical, crucial, essential, key, pivotal, seminal, vital
NEAR ANTONYMS:
paltry, petty, worthless; anonymous, nameless, obscure, uncelebrated, unknown
inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, minor, negligible, slight, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant
substantial (adjective)
2.
of a size greater than average of its kind
SYNONYMS:
big, biggish, boxcar, bulky, considerable, goodly, grand, great, handsome, hefty, hulking, husky, largish, outsize ( outsized), oversize ( oversized), sizable ( sizeable), substantial, tidy, voluminous
RELATED WORDS:
astronomical ( astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, Bunyanesque, cavernous, colossal, cosmic ( cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, gigantic, gross, hellacious, herculean, heroic ( heroical), Himalayan, huge, humongous ( humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size ( king-sized), leviathan, major, mammoth, massive, monolithic, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, pharaonic, prodigious, staggering, stupendous, super, super-duper, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping; excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate; abundant, ample, appreciable, copious, plentiful; fat, thick; capacious, commodious, roomy, spacious
NEAR ANTONYMS:
diminutive, half-pint, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little-bitty, microminiature, microscopic ( microscopical), mini, miniature, minuscule, minute, pint-size ( pint-sized), pocket-size ( pocket-sized), pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee; petite, slender, slight, slim, thin
bantam, dinky, dwarf, dwarfish, little, puny, shrimpy, small, smallish, undersized ( undersize)
substantial (adjective)
3.
relating to or composed of matter
SYNONYMS:
concrete, physical, substantial
RELATED WORDS:
bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, embodied, fleshly; apparent, appreciable, detectable, discernible ( discernable), noticeable, observable, palpable, perceptible, seeable, sensible, tangible, touchable, visible; objective, phenomenal; bulky, heavy, hefty, massive, ponderous, solid, weighty
NEAR ANTONYMS:
bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, formless, incorporeal, unbodied; ethereal, insubstantial, unsubstantial; impalpable, imperceptible, insensible, intangible, invisible, unnoticeable; airy, diaphanous, gossamery, tenuous, thin, vaporous, wispish; metaphysical, spiritual
immaterial, nonmaterial, nonphysical
substantial (adjective)
4.
sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention
SYNONYMS:
biggish, good, goodly, handsome, healthy, largish, major, respectable, significant, sizable ( sizeable), substantial, substantive, tidy
RELATED WORDS:
big, bulky, hefty, hulking, outsize ( outsized), oversize ( oversized), voluminous; astronomical ( astronomic), bumper, colossal, elephantine, enormous, gigantic, great, herculean, huge, immense, jumbo, king-size ( king-sized), mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, prodigious, titanic, tremendous, whopping
NEAR ANTONYMS:
measly, minute, paltry, petty, picayune, picayunish, piddling, puny, trifling, trivial, unimportant; marginal, meager ( meagre), slight; little, small, tiny, undersized ( undersize); bitty, diminutive, miniature, pint-size ( pint-sized), pocket, pocket-size ( pocket-sized), pygmy, smallish
inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, insubstantial, negligible, nominal
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