Synonyms for substantive
ˈsʌb stən tɪvsub·stan·tive

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1. substantiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   verbal

2. substantiveadjective

   A word that names or refers to a person, place, thing, or idea. Nouns and personal pronouns are always substantives by nature.

   Antonyms:
   verbal, adjective, procedural

3. substantiveadjective

   Having substance and prompting thought.

   Synonyms:
   substantial, meaty

   Antonyms:
   procedural, adjective, verbal

4. substantiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   verbal, adjective, procedural

5. substantiveadjective

   Antonyms:
   verbal, procedural, adjective

6. substantiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   essential, in essence

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1. substantiveadjective

   any word or group of words functioning as a noun

   Antonyms:
   adjective, nonmeaningful, unessential, inessential, procedural, meaningless

2. substantial, substantiveadjective

   having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable

   "substantial equivalents"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, significant, hearty, essential, real, square, material, solid, meaty, strong, satisfying

   Antonyms:
   unessential, meaningless, nonmeaningful, procedural, inessential, adjective

3. substantive, essentialadjective

   defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established

   "substantive law"

   Synonyms:
   substantial, essential, all important(p), all-important(a), indispensable, meaty, crucial, of the essence(p)

   Antonyms:
   procedural, nonmeaningful, inessential, adjective, meaningless, unessential

4. meaty, substantiveadjective

   being on topic and prompting thought

   "a meaty discussion"

   Synonyms:
   essential, meaty, substantial

   Antonyms:
   adjective, nonmeaningful, procedural, meaningless, inessential, unessential

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1. • Law

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1. substantivenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Gram.) noun, name

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1. List of paraphrases for "substantive":

   substantial, functional, background, bottom, noun, substance, fund, technical, merits, thematic, objectivity, objective, organic, fundamental, substantively, material, demersal, concrete, working-level, real, significant

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1. Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma:

   If the president was serious about achieving a substantive climate agreement, he would spend more time working with Congress instead of developing press releases with the Chinese government, these public pledges sound good but come with serious economic consequences for the United States.

2. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka:

   But if we work together in as many countries as possible we can by 2030 have substantive equality and changes that are irreversible, if we can do this the next generation will not look back.

3. Father Michael Pfleger:

   The question being will they reach out and want to really see some substantive changes and make a difference or do theyjust want to continue to Band-Aid.

4. Zhang Yesui:

   So far they have achieved substantive progress on many issues of mutual interest, economic and trade tries between China and the United States are mutually beneficial, win-win by the nature, and we hope that both sides can continue to step up consultations, to reach a mutually-beneficial, win-win agreement.

5. Kevin Rudd:

   If you do not want this sort of thing to repeat itself then a substantive reform would lie in sufficiently empowering WHO globally to act globally on threats to global public health.