How do you pronounce substantial?

The recorded pronunciation is /səbˈstænʃəl/.

Where does substantial come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

substantial

/səbˈstænʃəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: sub-stan-tial
IPA: /səbˈstænʃəl/

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Meaning

adj

Having a substance; actually existing.

adj

Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.

adj

Corporeal; material; firm.

adj

Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.

adj

Addressing the substance of an injury

adj

Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.

adj

Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.

adj

Most important; essential.

Example Sentences

"substantial life"
"1850s, Cardinal John Henry Newman, The Rise and Progress of Universities to do some substantial good, is the compensation for much incidental imperfection"
"substantial cloth"
"a substantial fence or wall"
"Substantial damages (i.e. damages set at a level that exactly covers the plaintiff's losses; synonym: compensatory damgages)"
"a substantial freeholder"

Etymology

From Middle English substancial, substantiall, from Old French substanciel, substantiel and its etymon Latin substantiālis.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: substancial, substanciel, substantiālis

Inflected Forms

more substantial (comparative) most substantial (superlative) substancial (alternative, obsolete) substantials (plural)

Derived Forms

consubstantial insubstantial nonsubstantial presubstantial substantialise substantialism substantialist substantiality substantialize substantially substantialness supersubstantial

Frequently Paired Words

substance

Synonyms

sturdy healthy serious actual bodily choical corporeal concrete hylic hylical material meaty

Antonyms

insubstantial superficial

Rhymes With

financial circumstantial insubstantial nonfinancial