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Synonyms for insubstantial
ˌɪn səbˈstæn ʃəlin·sub·stan·tial

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  1. insubstantialadjective

    Antonyms:
    substantial

  2. insubstantialadjective

    The bridge was insubstantial and would not safely carry a car.

    Antonyms:
    substantial

  3. insubstantialadjective

    Synonyms:
    unsubstantial

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. insubstantial, unsubstantial, unrealadjective

    lacking material form or substance; unreal

    "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"

    Synonyms:
    jejune, unreal, unsubstantial, artificial

    Antonyms:
    wholesome, substantial, real, material

  2. insubstantial, jejuneadjective

    lacking in nutritive value

    "the jejune diets of the very poor"

    Synonyms:
    unreal, unsubstantial, adolescent, jejune, juvenile, insipid, puerile

    Antonyms:
    wholesome, material, substantial, real

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "insubstantial":

    vacuous, meagre

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#5790juvenile
#5919artificial
#9386adolescent
#13230unreal
#67860meagre
#72074insipid
#83005vacuous
#90817insubstantial
#119384puerile
#244598unsubstantial
#315230jejune

How to use insubstantial in a sentence?

  1. Joanna Schwartz:

    They say qualified immunity is intended to weed out the most insubstantial cases.

  2. Hosea Ballou:

    Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

  3. Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe:

    The trebling of the population in this small and impoverished country, flowing with milk and honey but not with sufficient water, rich in rocks and sand dunes but poor in natural resources and vital raw materials, has been no easy task Indeed, practical men, with their eyes fixed upon things as they are, regarded it as an empty and insubstantial utopian dream.


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