substance
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”). Displaced native Old English andweorc.
Inflected forms:
form: substances
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: substaunce
pos: noun
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: Physical matter; material.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
His wasted hands were stretched out, and worked with a quick and convulsive motion, as if catching some small substances which kept eluding their grasp;...
Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
gloss: Physical matter; material.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Heroic virtue did his actions guide, / And he the substance, not the appearance, chose.
1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth
This edition is the same in substance with the Latin.
It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming.
gloss: Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Some textile fabrics have little substance.
gloss: Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: a man of substance
And there wasted his substance with riotous living.
Thy substance, valued at the highest rate, / Cannot amount unto a hundred marks.
And as we have waſted our Strength and vital Subſtance in this profuſe manner, ſo we have ſhamefully miſapplied it to Ends at leaſt very different from thoſe for which we undertook the War, and often to effect others which after a Peace we may ſeverely repent.
gloss: Drugs (illegal narcotics)
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: substance abuse
gloss: Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
Synonyms: corporeity
body
mass
material
matter
stuff
substance
Antonyms: nothing
vacuum
void
energy
force
heat
light
power
ego
dream
mind
personality
phantom
shadow
soul
spirit
Related words: subsist
substantial
substantive
Derived words: all style and no substance
economic substance
exosubstance
ground substance
innominate substance
mucosubstance
multisubstance
nanosubstance
Nissl substance
nonsubstance
perfluoroalkyl substance
polyfluoroalkyl substance
polysubstance
queen substance
substance dependence
substancehood
substanceless
substanceness
substance-wise
substantification
substantify
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: substancë
lang: Albanian
word: lëndë
lang: Arabic
word: مَادَّة
roman: mādda
lang: Armenian
word: նյութ
roman: nyutʻ
lang: Asturian
word: sustancia
lang: Azerbaijani
word: maddə
lang: Bashkir
word: матдә
roman: matdə
lang: Belarusian
word: рэ́чыва
roman: réčyva
lang: Belarusian
word: субста́нцыя
roman: substáncyja
lang: Bengali
word: পদার্থ
roman: podartho
lang: Bulgarian
word: вещество́
roman: veštestvó
lang: Bulgarian
word: субста́нция
roman: substáncija
lang: Burmese
word: ဒြပ်
roman: drap
lang: Catalan
word: substància
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 物質 /物质
roman: mat⁶ zat¹
lang: Chinese
word: 物質 /物质
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 物質 /物质
roman: wùzhì
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 物質 /物质
roman: ⁸veq-tseq
lang: Czech
word: látka
lang: Danish
word: substans
lang: Danish
word: masse
lang: Dutch
word: substantie
lang: Esperanto
word: substanco
lang: Estonian
word: aine
lang: Finnish
word: aine
lang: Finnish
word: materia
lang: French
word: substance
lang: Galician
word: substancia
lang: Georgian
word: ნივთიერება
roman: nivtiereba
lang: German
word: Substanz
lang: German
word: Stoff
lang: Greek
word: ουσία
roman: ousía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: οὐσία
roman: ousía
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὕλη
roman: húlē
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ὑπόστασις
roman: hupóstasis
lang: Hebrew
word: חומר \ חֹמֶר
roman: khómer
lang: Hindi
word: पदार्थ
roman: padārth
lang: Hindi
word: वस्तु
roman: vastu
lang: Hungarian
word: anyag
lang: Hungarian
word: tartalom
lang: Icelandic
word: efni
lang: Indonesian
word: zat
lang: Irish
word: mianach
lang: Irish
word: damhna
lang: Italian
word: sostanza
lang: Japanese
word: 物質
roman: busshitsu
lang: Kazakh
word: зат
roman: zat
lang: Khmer
word: វត្ថុ
roman: vŏətthoʼ
lang: Korean
word: 물질
roman: muljil
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: made
lang: Kyrgyz
word: зат
roman: zat
lang: Lao
word: ສະສານ
roman: sa sān
lang: Latin
word: substantia
lang: Latin
word: materia
lang: Latvian
word: viela
lang: Lithuanian
word: medžiaga
lang: Macedonian
word: супстанција
roman: supstancija
lang: Malay
word: bahan
lang: Malay
word: zat
lang: Māori
word: matū
lang: Māori
word: pūmatū
lang: Māori
word: kiko
lang: Mongolian
word: бодис
roman: bodis
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠪᠣᠳᠠᠰ
roman: bodas
lang: Norwegian
word: substans
lang: Norwegian
word: masse
lang: Old English
word: andweorc
lang: Pashto
word: ماده
roman: mādá
lang: Persian
word: ماده
roman: mâdde
lang: Polish
word: substancja
lang: Portuguese
word: substância
lang: Romanian
word: substanță
lang: Russian
word: вещество́
roman: veščestvó
lang: Russian
word: субста́нция
roman: substáncija
lang: Russian
word: мате́рия
roman: matérija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: супста̀нца
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: supstànca
lang: Slovak
word: látka
lang: Slovene
word: snov
lang: Spanish
word: sustancia
lang: Spanish
word: substancia
lang: Swedish
word: ämne
lang: Swedish
word: substans
lang: Tajik
word: модда
roman: modda
lang: Tatar
word: матдә
roman: matdä
lang: Telugu
word: పదార్థము
roman: padārthamu
lang: Thai
word: สสาร
roman: sà-sǎan
lang: Turkish
word: madde
lang: Turkmen
word: madda
lang: Ukrainian
word: речовина́
roman: rečovyná
lang: Ukrainian
word: субста́нція
roman: substáncija
lang: Urdu
word: مادہ
roman: māda
lang: Uyghur
word: ماددا
roman: madda
lang: Uzbek
word: modda
lang: Vietnamese
word: vật chất
lang: Yiddish
word: מאַטעריע
roman: materye