substance

About 30.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Physical matter; material.
2. noun A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
3. noun The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
4. noun Substantiality; solidity; firmness.

   Some textile fabrics have little substance.

5. noun Material possessions; estate; property; resources.

   a man of substance

6. noun Drugs (illegal narcotics)

   substance abuse

7. noun Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.
8. verb To give substance to; to make real or substantial.

Similar words

essence nitty-gritty inwardness gist subject matter meaning sense sum content message

Often followed by

of is abuse and in to that which use

Word family

substanceless substances