substantive

1. 1.

   any word or group of words functioning as a noun

   Broaderword

   Narrowernoun

Other forms of substantive

plural

substantives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about substantive

What does substantive mean?

substantive means "of or relating to the real nature or essential elements of something". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in substantive?

substantive has 3 syllables: sub-stan-tive. The stress falls on "sub". In IPA it is /ˈsʌbstəntɪv/.

What is another word for substantive?

Close synonyms include substantial, essential, meaty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of substantive?

The recorded antonyms are adjective.

Is substantive a common word?

substantive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.