substance
Physical matter; material.
Noun 4 meanings
Physical matter; material.
The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
“1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, Sacred Theory of the Earth This edition is the same in substance with the Latin.”
Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
“Some textile fabrics have little substance.”
Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
“a man of substance”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”). Displaced native Old English andweorc.
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SUBSTANCE at a glance
SUBSTANCE has 9 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (S 1 + U 1 + B 3 + S 1 + T 1 + A 1 + N 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,811 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with substance
All rhymes- SINCE7
- ONCE6
- EXPERIENCE21
- CHANCE13
- PERFORMANCE20
- EVIDENCE14
- SCIENCE11
- CONFERENCE17
- DIFFERENCE19
- INSURANCE11
- DANCE8
- DISTANCE11
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