substantial

The word “substantial” has 3 syllables: sub-stan-tial

It's pronounced as /səbˈstæn.ʃəl/

What is synonym and antonym for substantial?

In the thesaurus, “substantial” has 210 synonyms and 102 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for substantial along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for substantial

Brobdingnagian
Bunyanesque
Himalayan
abundant
actual
affluent
all-important
ample
apparent
appreciable
astronomic
astronomical
big
big-deal
biggish
bodily
boxcar
bulky
bumper
capacious
card-carrying
carnal
cavernous
central
colossal
comfortable
commodious
concrete
consequential
considerable
copious
corporal
corporeal
cosmic
cosmical
critical
crucial
cyclopean
decisive
detectable
discernable
discernible
distinctive
distinguished
durable
earnest
earth-shattering
earthshaking
easy
elephantine
embodied
eminent
enormous
essential
eventful
exceptional
excessive
existent
exorbitant
extraordinary
extravagant
extreme
famous
fat
fatal
fateful
firm
fleshly
for real
galactic
gargantuan
generous
gigantic
good
goodly
grand
grave
great
gross
handsome
healthy
heavy
heavyweight
hefty
hellacious
herculean
heroic
heroical
historic
honest-to-God
honest-to-goodness
huge
hulking
humongous
humungous
husky
illustrious
immense
immoderate
important
impressive
inordinate
jumbo
key
king-size
king-sized
large
largish
legit
leviathan
major
major-league
mammoth
massive
material
meaningful
momentous
monolithic
monstrous
monumental
mountainous
much
noble
notable
noteworthy
noticeable
notorious
objective
observable
opulent
outsize
outsized
outstanding
oversize
oversized
palpable
perceptible
pharaonic
phenomenal
physical
pivotal
plentiful
ponderous
positive
preeminent
prestigious
principal
prodigious
prominent
prosperous
real
remarkable
renowned
respectable
righteous
roomy
seeable
seminal
sensible
serious
significant
sincere
sizable
sizeable
snug
solid
solvent
sound
spacious
stable
staggering
steady
stout
strategic
strong
stupendous
sturdy
substantive
super
super-duper
superabundant
supersized
sure-enough
tangible
tectonic
thick
tidy
titanic
touchable
tremendous
true
valid
valuable
vast
vasty
visible
vital
voluminous
walloping
wealthy
weighty
well
well-built
well-heeled
well-off
well-to-do
whacking
whopping
worthwhile
worthy

Antonyms for substantial

Lilliputian
airy
anonymous
bantam
bitty
bodiless
broken
diaphanous
diminutive
dinky
discarnate
disembodied
dwarf
dwarfish
ethereal
formless
gossamery
half-pint
immaterial
impalpable
imperceptible
impoverished
inconsequential
inconsiderable
incorporeal
infinitesimal
insensible
insignificant
insubstantial
intangible
intermittent
invisible
little
little bitty
marginal
meager
meagre
meaningless
measly
mental
metaphysical
microminiature
microscopic
microscopical
mini
miniature
minor
minuscule
minute
nameless
negligible
nominal
nonmaterial
nonphysical
obscure
paltry
petite
petty
picayune
picayunish
piddling
pint-size
pint-sized
pocket
pocket-size
pocket-sized
poor
puny
pygmy
selfish
shrimpy
slender
slight
slim
small
smallish
soft
spiritual
teensy
teensy-weensy
teeny
teeny-weeny
tenuous
thin
tiny
trifling
trivial
unbodied
uncelebrated
undersize
undersized
unimportant
unknown
unnoticeable
unsubstantial
untrustworthy
useless
vaporous
weak
wee
wispish
worthless

Meanings of substantial

noun
1. Anything having substance; an essential part.
adjective
1. Having a substance; actually existing.
2. Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
3. Corporeal; material; firm.
4. Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
5. Possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy.
6. Large in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
7. Most important; essential.
8. Satisfying; having sufficient substance to be nourishing or filling.

Example Sentences

The company made a substantial investment in new technology.
She received a substantial amount of support from her colleagues.
There was a substantial increase in sales after the new product launch.
The house needs substantial repairs before it can be sold.
They offered a substantial reward for information leading to the missing person.

On this page you'll find 312 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to substantial, such as: Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, Himalayan, Lilliputian, abundant, actual, affluent.

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