Substantive

Definition: Substantive

Substantive

Adjective

1. Being the essence or essential element of a thing; "substantial equivalents"; "substantive information".

2. (law) applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; "substantive law".

3. Having substance and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion".

Noun

1. A noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "substantive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Synonyms: Substantive

Existence

Real, actual, positive, absolute; true; substantial, substantive; self-existing, self-existent; essential.

Substantiality

Adjective: substantive, substantial; hypostatic; personal, bodily, tangible; (material); corporeal.

Crosswords: Substantive

Books

• A Treatise on Social Theory: Volume 2, Substantive Social Theory (reference)

• Historical Archaeology: A Guide to Substantive and Theoretical Contributions (reference)

• Liberty, Property, and Privacy: Toward a Jurisprudence of Substantive Due Process (reference)

• Products liability : substantive, procedural, and policy issues (reference)

• Substantive Due Process of Law: A Dichotomy of Sense and Nonsense (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Massachusetts Substantive Law Library - Cd-rom (reference)

• Substantive Rules (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

In discussing these substantive matters with parents, a good faith effort should be made to take into account the values and the social and economic circumstances of the parents in so far as they are relevant to the alternative selected. (references)

Business

It would be prudent, however, to have a skeptical view toward the use of the rights set forth in the Leasing Law to the extent that they conflict with other provisions in the Civil Code, Civil Procedural Code, and other applicable laws that provide procedural or substantive protections for a lessee of its right to cure a default and remain in possession of leased equipment. (references)

Civil Liberties

Croatia

The working groups met frequently during the year, but their substantive progress was slow. (references)

Lebanon

The Accord called for the ultimate abolition of political sectarianism in favor of "expertise and competence;" however, little substantive progress has been made in this regard. (references)

Hong Kong

As of September, a University task force set up to monitor academic freedom on the campus in the wake of the controversy had received no substantive reports of infringements; however, a university-appointed Commission set up in 2000 to review the controversy found the pollster's allegations were credible. (references)

Economic History

Hong Kong

The system requires no substantive examination. (references)

Guatemala

They followed that with an agreement on opening substantive discussions on the dispute. (references)

Mauritius

Criminal and civil litigation is mainly English while substantive law is modeled on the French Napoleonic code. (references)

Human Rights

Singapore

Persons detained without trial under the CLA are entitled to counsel but only may challenge the substantive basis for their detention to the CLAC. (references)

Ethiopia

Pending the passage by regional legislatures of laws particular to their region, all judges are guided by the federal procedural and substantive codes. (references)

Lesotho

The High Court also provides procedural and substantive advice and guidance on matters of law and procedure to military tribunals; however, it does not participate in arriving at judgments. (references)

Political Economy

Haiti

Despite substantive international assistance and some initial progress, the HNP remains a fledgling institution with inadequate resources. (references)

INDONESIA

Investment Barriers: The government is committed to reducing burdensome bureaucratic procedures and substantive requirements for foreign investors. (references)

Seychelles

The country's application to join the World Trade Organization obliged it to consider reforming its trade and foreign exchange regimes; however, it made few substantive changes by year's end. (references)

Political Rights

Angola

However, with opposition deputies holding approximately 43 percent of National Assembly seats, substantive debates sometimes took place on issues such as the peace process, the Government's budgeting priorities and accountability, and constitutional reform. (references)

Trade

Italy

For other products, however, if substantive proof of U.S. origin is provided through other accompanying documents as well as through characteristic trademarks, a certificate of origin is not normally necessary. (references)

Korea

One goal of APEC, as outlined in its 1994 declaration, is to establish a Free Trade Area among its member countries by the year 2020. Substantive principles which are encompassed in the APEC forum include investment liberalization, tariff reduction, deregulation, government procurement, and strengthening IPR protection. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

Once the formalities and pleasantries are dispensed with, substantive discussion can ensue. (references)

Worker Rights

India

The Government convened the Indian Labor Conference, which brought together government and trade union representatives to discuss modification of the Trade Union Act, but the conference took no substantive action on the act and it remained unchanged at year's end. (references)

Croatia

In November the Government hosted a ministerial-level conference for Stability Pact participants to coordinate regional antitrafficking approaches; however, there was little publicity for the event and no broad substantive discussion of the problem occurred during the brief conference. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "substantive": meaty substantive ♦ noun substantive ♦ substantive color ♦ substantive dye ♦ substantive dyestuff ♦ substantive law ♦ substantive right ♦ substantive test ♦ substantive universals. Additional references.

Ending with "substantive": non-substantive.

Albanian

i pavarur (detached, freelance, independent, irrespective, mugwump, non party, non-partisan, self contained, self sufficient, self-determined, self-sufficing, self-supporting, unattached, unbound), emër (appellation, character, denomination, eminence, fame, first name, forename, Mark, name, notoriety, noun, reputation, savor, savour, title). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منعوت (described, qualified), ‏حقيقي (actual, authentic, effective, essential, factual, genuine, intrinsic, intrinsical, positive, proper, real, realistic, right, substantial, tangible, true, veritable, very), ‏ثابت (abiding, constant, enduring, fast, firm, fixed, habitual, immobile, immovable, immutable, indubitable, invariable, lasting, lingering, perpetual, settled, solid, stabile, stable, standing, stationary, steadfast, steady, stiff, strong, stubborn, sturdy, unfailing, unmoved), ‏دائم (abiding, biennial, ceaseless, constant, everlasting, frequent, lasting, lingering, permanent, perpetual, quinquennial, regular, standing, unfailing). (various references)

Basque

sustantibo (noun). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съществен (essential, formal, fundamental, integral, integrant, intimate, intrinsic, material, meaty, radical, substantial, underlying, vital), съществително име (name), самостоятелен (independent, self contained, self sufficient, self-sufficing, separate, strong-minded, unattached), самобитен (individual, original), траен (abiding, durable, enduring, fast, keeping, lasting, secular, secure, serviceable, settled, stable, standing, steadfast, stout), веществен (corporeal, fleshly, material, tangible), отнасящ се до съществителното, независим (autonomous, coordinate, free, freelance, independent, mugwump, self sufficient, sovereign, uncommitted), постоянен (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, direct, firm, fixed, frequent, hourly, immovable, invariable, lasting, minutely, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, regular, secular, settled, stable, standing, static, steadfast, steady, stock, sustained, unalterable, undeviating, unfailing, unidirectional, uniform, uninterrupted, unvaried), изразяващ съществуване, изричен (explicit, express, unqualified). (various references)

Chinese 

实质, 實質性 . (various references)

Czech

substantivum, samobytný, znaèný (appreciable, considerable, extensive, fair, handsome, sizable, some, substantial, tidy), podstatný (constituent, essential, fundamental, germane, intrinsic, intrinsical, massive, perceptible, quintessential, real, substantial, vital), podstatné jméno (noun), dùležitý (all important, big, grand, great, important, major, momentous, of great importance, relevant, solid), bytostný (utter). (various references)

Danish

substantivt farvestof (direct dye, direct dyestuff, substantive dye, substantive dyestuff), substantielle universalier (substantive universals), substantielle universaler (substantive universals), substansrevision (substantive test), transaktionsrevision (substantive test), principiel enighed (substantive agreement), materiel fejl (substantive error), materiel bestemmelse (basic provision, substantive provision), gældende ret (substantive law), direkt-farvestof (direct dye, direct dyestuff, substantive dye, substantive dyestuff), afgørelse af en del af en sags realitet (dispose of the substantive issues in part only). (various references)

Dutch

zelfstandig naamwoord (noun), substantief (noun). (various references)

Esperanto

substantivo (noun). (various references)

Faeroese

navnorð (noun). (various references)

Finnish

substantiivinen (substantival), substantiivi (noun). (various references)

French

substantif (substantival), substantiel (substantial), réel (substantial), indépendant (self sufficient). (various references)

Frisian

haadwurd (noun). (various references)

German

Substantiv (n, noun, substantively), Hauptwort (noun). (various references)

Greek 

ουσιαστικό (noun). (various references)

Hebrew 

ממשי (actual, concrete, effective, live, material, palpable, real, substantial, tangible, veritable), ישותי, של קבע, עצמאי (autonomous, independent, maverick, sovereign, unattached). (various references)

Hungarian

egyéni (especial, individual, particular, personal, private, several, subjective), tényleges (actual, concrete, effective, factual, operative, positive, practical, real, regular, virtual), lényegi, független (free, independent, irrespective, maverick, self-sufficing, separate, sovereign, unattached, uncontrolled), főnév (diminutive, noun, substantive noun), anyagi (corporeal, financial, logistic, logistical, material, pecuniary, substantial). (various references)

Indonesian

riil. (various references)

Irish

ainmfhocal (noun), ainm (appellation, name, noun). (various references)

Italian

sostanziale (substantial), sostantivo (noun). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

実名詞 (noun substantive). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

じつめいし (noun substantive). (various references)

Korean 

명사 (Noun). (various references)

Manx

substantagh. (various references)

Occitan

substantiu (noun). (various references)

Papiamen

sustantivo (noun). (various references)

Pig Latin

ubstantivesay

Portuguese

substantivo (noun, substantival). (various references)

Romanian

substantiv (name, noun), individual (distinct, individual, individually, particular, particularly, personal, private, several, severally, single), independent (free, independent, independently, self contained, self-dependent, separate). (various references)

Russian 

самостоятельный (independent, self contained, self sufficient, self-reliant, self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-supporting, sui juris, unaided), имя существительное (name, noun). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

supstantiv, imenica (noun). (various references)

Spanish

substantivo (noun). (various references)

Swedish

substantiv (noun). (various references)

Turkish

sabit (attached, changeless, constant, entrenched, established, fast, firm, fixed, flat, flat-footed, immobile, immovable, immutable, indelible, invariable, irremovable, permanent, put, real, rigid, set, settled, stable, staid, standing, staring, static, stationary, steadfast, steady, unwavering), sağlam (able bodied, bankable, bouncing, calculable, cast iron, consolidated, dyed in grain, fast, firm, flat-footed, foolproof, foursquare, gilt-edged, good, granitic, Hale, hard, healthy, hearty, indissoluble, invulnerable, lusty, responsible, rugged, runproof, safe, scatheless, secure, secured, solid, sound, stable, stalwart, stanch, staunch, steady, steely, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, sure, tough, unfaltering, unshakable, unshaken, valid, whole), varlık belirten, isim olarak kullanılan, isim şeklinde olma, isim (appellation, character, denomination, designation, first name, forename, given name, moniker, name, noun, record, repute, title), dayanıklı (cast iron, consolidated, durable, enduring, fast, firm, for hard wear, gritty, hard, Hardy, heavy duty, impervious, impregnable, indestructible, invulnerable, keeping, lasting, long lasting, nonperishable, patient, proof, refractory, resistant, resistant to, resolute, runproof, sedulous, serviceable, sturdy, substantial, supportable, tough, unfading, wiry), asli, ísím (appellation, name, noun), ad (appellation, denomination, denotation, designation, fame, first name, given name, moniker, name, noun, reputation, repute, title). (various references)

Ukrainian

істотний (appreciable, constitutive, essential, integrant, significant, substantial), іменник (appellative, name, noun), реальний (existent, practical, real, realist, realistic, realizable, tangible), міцний (abiding, able bodied, bastard, beefy, buirdly, deep, endurable, enduring, entrenched, fast, firm, full-bodied, lasting, lusty, oaky, racy, sledge hammer, stable, stalwart, staunch, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, substantial, tenacious, tough, wakeless, well knit), значний (appreciable, considerable, gey, handsome, important, independent, intense, notable, pretty, respectable, smart, tidy). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "substantive": substantively, substantiveness, substantivenesses, substantives. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Substantive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: substansive, substative, subtantive, sustantive, suvstantive. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: battiness, intubates.

-3 letters: antsiest, basinets, bassinet, batistes, bustiest, instates, intubate, nastiest, nutsiest, satinets, sinuates, situates, statives, substate, tautness, titaness, tubaists, unstates, vastiest.

-4 letters: absents, abusive, attunes, aunties, banties, basinet, batiste, battens, battues, bistate, busiest, butanes, butties, entasis, instate, invests, issuant, naivest, nasties, natives, nutates, sabines, satinet, savines, sestina, sinuate, situate, stative, statues, suasive.

+1 letter: substantives.

+2 letters: substantively, substantivize.

+3 letters: substantiative, substantivized, substantivizes.

+4 letters: substantiveness.