Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A material or matter that something is made of, or that has a particular quality or significance. Synonyms:
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This word has no antonyms Examples:
Their substance was not mere human clay.They are living substance still mingled painfully with the dust.I risked the substance for the shadow.'
Etymology:
Derived from Latin substantia, which comes from sub- meaning under, and stare meaning to stand.
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