substantive
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Is substantive a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of substantive?
Definition
adj (English)
1. Of the essence or essential element of a thing.Examples: "Substantive editing is never trivial, whereas some aspects of copyediting are trivial."; "substantive changes made by the lawyers"Synonyms: essential, in essencebroadly
2. (law) Applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.Examples: "substantive law"Antonyms: adjective, procedural
3. (chemistry, of a dye) Not needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.Antonyms: adjective
4. (grammar) Of or pertaining to a substantive.Synonyms: substantival
5. (military, of a rank or appointment) Actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
noun (English)
1. (grammar) Ellipsis of noun substantive or substantive noun, a noun or a group of words (a noun phrase) that act as a noun (in a sentence).Examples: "The Dutch verb beelden and substantive beelding signify form-giving, creation, and by extension image—as do gestalten and Gestaltung in German, where Neo-Plastic[ism] is translated as Die neue Gestaltung."Synonyms: noun, noun substantiveabbreviationalt-ofellipsis
verb (English)
1. (grammar, very rare) To make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun.Synonyms: substantivize, nominalizerare
Definition source: Wiktionary