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Type Words
Synonyms body, consistence, consistency
Type of property
Has types thickness, thinness, softness, breakableness, unbreakableness, porousness, viscosity, viscousness, solidness, hardness, gaseousness, porosity, solidity
Type Words
Synonyms means
Type of capital
Has types pocketbook, wherewithal
Type Words
Synonyms meaning
Type of idea, thought
Has types import, undercurrent, denotation, tenor, strain, significance, semantics, reference, connotation, implication, extension, undertone
Type Words
Synonyms content, message, subject matter
Type of communication
Has types counseling, proposal, publicity, counsel, corker, commitment, commendation, refusal, reminder, request, respects, sensationalism, shocker, significance, signification, statement, story, bunk, subject, submission, tale, theme, body, topic, aside, approval, view, acknowledgment, wit, witticism, wittiness, acknowledgement, information, info, import, humour, humor, insertion, instruction, interpolation, hokum, latent content, guidance, garbage, excursus, entry, meaning, meaninglessness, memorial, drivel, narration, narrative, nonsense, nonsensicality, divagation, disrespect, offer, offering, opinion, packaging, parenthesis, petition, discourtesy, disapproval, direction, digression, dedication, postulation, promo, promotion, promotional material, counselling
Type Words
Synonyms center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, sum
Type of cognitive content, content, mental object
Has types stuff, quiddity, quintessence, haecceity, bare bones, hypostasis
Type Words
Type of matter
Has types vehicle, adulterant, adulterator, agent, allergen, antigen, inhibitor, propellant, poisonous substance, denaturant, digestive, poison, philosophers' stone, philosopher's stone, nutrient, metabolite, elixir, lysin, lubricator, lubricating substance, ferment, lubricant, fomentation, food, fuel, lube, ligand, leavening, leaven, jelly, humectant, inoculum, inoculant, hydrocolloid, assay, toxicant, carcinogen, chemical irritant, refrigerant, pyrogen, pyrectic, propellent


shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man.
Type Words
Type of physical entity


the immune response recognizes invading substances.
Type Words
Type of component part, component, part, constituent, portion, matter
Has types material, medium, chemical element, element, essence, stuff, mixture, protoplasm, substrate, living substance, body substance, chemistry, phlogiston, atom, activator, volatile, fluid
Derivation substantial


DNA is the substance of our genes.

Examples of substance

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The symbolism as well as the substance of having ROTC on elite campuses matters.
From the thenewstribune.com
He is also pushing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban the substance in the state.
From the heraldtribune.com
She was the first prominent WNBA player to test positive for a banned substance.
From the washingtonpost.com
It's that our foreign partners are people of substance in their own communities.
From the businessweek.com
She campaigned against Gray, and on style and substance, the two seem far apart.
From the time.com
Moreover, if this slippery substance clumps together, it could form dark matter.
From the newscientist.com
Board certification, DEA licsure and Utah controlled substance license required.
From the jobview.monster.com
Lots of potential, play nice rugby to watch, but is it all style over substance?
From the guardian.co.uk
Just because it is not a controlled substance does not mean it is not dangerous.
From the yorkpress.co.uk
More examples
  • The real physical matter of which a person or thing consists; "DNA is the substance of our genes"
  • Kernel: 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"
  • Meaning: the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
  • Material of a particular kind or constitution; "the immune response recognizes invading substances"
  • Means: considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means"
  • Message: what a communication that is about something is about
  • Substance is the fourth studio album by Trance duo Blank & Jones. It was released in 2002.
  • Substance 1977-1980 is a singles compilation album by the post-punk band Joy Division, released on Factory Records in 1988. It is companion to a similar singles compilation by their subsequent band New Order, also entitled Substance. ...
  • Substance theory, or substance attribute theory, is an ontological theory about objecthood, positing that a substance is distinct from its properties. A thing-in-itself is a property-bearer that must be distinguished from the properties it bears.