Thesaurus: substantive

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1. a. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
2. a. Depending on itself; independent.
3. a. Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
4. a. Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.
5. n. A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.
6. v. t. To substantivize.
7. adj. of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something
8. adj. defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
9. adj. being on topic and prompting thought
10. n. any word or word/group">group of words functioning as a noun
11. 1. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be. 2. Depending on itself; independent. He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the foreigner. Bacon. 3. Enduring; solid; firm; substantial. Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner. Hazlitt. 4. Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive. Noun substantive (Gram.), a noun which designates an object, material or immaterial; a substantive. -- Substantive color, one which communicates its color without the aid of a mordant or base; -- opposed to adjective color. A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives. To substantivize. [R.] Cudworth.
12. A noun or name; the part of speech which designates somethingthat exists, or some object of thought, either material orimmaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, aresubstantives.