SUBSTANCE Synonyms

• a vaguely specified concern

• some situation or event that is thought about

• that which has mass and occupies space

• a problem

• (used with negation) having consequence

• written works (especially in books or magazines)

• have weight; have import, carry weight

• the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

• miscellaneous unspecified objects

• informal terms for personal possessions

• senseless talk

• unspecified qualities required to do or be something

• information in some unspecified form

• a critically important or characteristic component

• cram into a cavity

• press or force

• obstruct

• overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

• treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting

• fill tightly with a material

• fill with a stuffing while cooking

• satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are

• (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something

• the state of being contented with your situation in life

• content communicating a message; what something is about

• the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.

• the amount that can be contained

• the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

• something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

• satisfy in a limited way

• make content

• a small group of indispensable persons or things

• an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality

• the center of an object

• the central part of the Earth

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories

• the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place

• a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil

• remove the core or center from

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

• the message that is intended or expressed or signified

• the idea that is intended

• rich in significance or implication

• commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

• an imported person brought from a foreign country

• the message that is intended or expressed or signified

• a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

• having important effects or influence

• bring in from abroad

• transfer (electronic data) into a database or document

• indicate or signify

• derived from or composed of matter

• directly relevant to a matter especially a law case

• having material or physical form or substance

• having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary

• the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

• information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form

• artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

• things needed for doing or making something

• a person judged suitable for admission or employment

• concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

• concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being

• the quality of being significant

• a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred

• the message that is intended or expressed or signified

• the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

• something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

• a branch of knowledge

• some situation or event that is thought about

• (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

• a person who owes allegiance to that nation

• (logic) the first term of a proposition

• possibly accepting or permitting

• being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

• likely to be affected by something

• cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

• make accountable for

• make subservient; force to submit or subdue

• the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

• a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work

• (music) melodic subject of a musical composition

• an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• provide with a particular theme or motive

• the most important point

• a small conspicuous constellation in the Southern Hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus

• street names for marijuana

• an ignorant or foolish person

• carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts

• slang terms for inside information

• take drugs to improve one's athletic performance

• add impurities to (a semiconductor) in order to produce or modify its properties

• give a narcotic to

• a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

• wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

• a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

• equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

• set the level or character of

• the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

• a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity

• a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person

• an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects

• the body excluding the head and neck and limbs

• a collection of particulars considered as a system

• the property of holding together and retaining its shape

• the central message of a communication

• the main mass of a thing

• a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)

• the external structure of a vehicle

• invest with or as with a body; give body to

• of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher

• a building dedicated to a particular activity

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the object upon which interest and attention focuses

• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

• the middle of a military or naval formation

• (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team

• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

• a place where some particular activity is concentrated

• politically moderate persons; centrists

• (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

• the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game

• (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play

• a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game

• equally distant from the extremes

• center upon

• direct one's attention on something

• move into the center

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• a low-lying region in central France

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• a place where some particular activity is concentrated

• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the object upon which interest and attention focuses

• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

• a building dedicated to a particular activity

• move into the center

• direct one's attention on something

• a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

• the property of holding together and retaining its shape

• the property of holding together and retaining its shape

• a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts

• logical coherence and accordance with the facts

• (logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another