substantial
IPA: sʌbstˈæntʃʌɫ
noun
- Anything having substance; an essential part.
adjective
- Having a substance; actually existing.
- Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
- Corporeal; material; firm.
- Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
- Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.
- Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
- Most important; essential.
- Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling.
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Examples of "substantial" in Sentences
- The amount of gold is substantial.
- The breed is substantial and viable.
- For the vendor the benefits are also substantial.
- Leakage of the valve is substantially eliminated.
- The grounds of the Frescati remained substantial.
- For the vendor, the benefits are also substantial.
- That's hardly what I call a substantial lead worth gloating over.
- Both the north and south are hoping for what they term substantial progress at that meeting which starts on Tuesday.
- As a practical matter, the term substantial compliance means just that; complying with the minimum standards as required by SORNA.
- Economic risks remain, Mr. Draghi said, but he dropped the word "substantial," which he had previously used in describing those risks.
- The men tell Mr. Schiller that they are considering donating as much as $5 million to NPR because of what they describe as the substantial "Zionist coverage" by other news organizations.
- China's President welcomes his Sudan counterpartHu said he believes the trip will consolidate Chinese-Sudanese friendship and promote what he called "substantial" cooperation in various fields.
- You know, Director Mueller says that he has what he calls substantial concerns about a possible terror attack, even though he says there's no specific intelligence suggesting that any attack on the U.S. is imminent.
- ARENA: Now as for the overall threat environment, Mueller says there isn't any intelligence suggesting that any attack against the United States is imminent but he says he does have what he called substantial concerns.