substantial

English

Etymology

From Old French substantiel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səbˈstænʃəl/

Adjective

substantial (comparative more substantial, superlative most substantial)

Having a substance; actually existing.
substantial life
Not imaginary; real; actual; true; veritable.
- 1850s, Cardinal John Henry Newman, The Rise and Progress of Universities
  to do some substantial good, is the compensation for much incidental imperfection
Corporeal; material; firm.
Having good substance; strong; stout; solid; firm.
substantial cloth

a substantial fence or wall
possessed of goods or an estate; moderately wealthy; responsible.
a substantial freeholder
Large in size, quantity, or value; vast.
He inherited a substantial amount of money from his uncle.
Most important; essential.
Ample or full.
A substantial amount of people in this buliding
Significantly great.

Derived terms

Translations

real, having to substance

Chinese:
Mandarin: 物質的 (zh), 物质的 (zh) (wùzhì de, wùzhí de)
Czech: hmotný (cs)
Finnish: todellinen (fi)
Galician: substancial m, f
Greek: ουσιώδης (el) (ousiódis)
Hungarian: lényeges (hu)

Italian: sostanziale (it)
Japanese: 物質的な (busshitsu-teki na), 現実の (ja) (genjitsu no)
Maori: whaikiko
Portuguese: substancial (pt)
Romanian: substanțial (ro) m
Russian: веще́ственный (ru) (veščéstvennyj), материа́льный (ru) (materiálʹnyj)

not seeming or imaginary

Arabic: حَقِيقِيّ‎‎ (ḥaqīqiyy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 實際 (zh), 实际 (zh) (shíjì)
Czech: opravdový (cs)
Finnish: todellinen (fi)

Greek: ουσιώδης (el) (ousiódis)
Hungarian: való (hu), valódi (hu)
Japanese: 現実の (ja) (genjitsu no), 実際の (ja) (jissai no)
Russian: настоя́щий (ru) (nastojáščij), реа́льный (ru) (reálʹnyj), действи́тельный (ru) (dejstvítelʹnyj)

corporeal

Czech: hmotný (cs)
Finnish: todellinen (fi)
Greek: ουσιώδης (el) (ousiódis)

Japanese: 現実の (ja) (genjitsu no), 実際の (ja) (jissai no)
Russian: веще́ственный (ru) (veščéstvennyj), материа́льный (ru) (materiálʹnyj)
Spanish: is (es) f

having good substance

Czech: bytelný
Finnish: tukeva (fi), tuhti (fi)
Galician: substancial m, f
Hungarian: szilárd (hu), tartós (hu)

Japanese: 堅固な (ja) (kenko na), 頑丈な (ganjō na)
Portuguese: substancial (pt), substancioso
Russian: про́чный (ru) (próčnyj), кре́пкий (ru) (krépkij), соли́дный (ru) (solídnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: susbainteach
Spanish: enjundioso

possessed of goods or an estate

Chinese:
Mandarin: 殷實 (zh), 殷实 (zh) (yīnshí)
Finnish: vauras (fi)

Hungarian: gazdag (hu), vagyonos (hu), tehetős (hu), jómódú (hu)
Japanese: 裕福な (ja) (yūfuku na)
Russian: соли́дный (ru) (solídnyj), зажи́точный (ru) (zažítočnyj), обеспе́ченный (ru) (obespéčennyj), состоя́тельный (ru) (sostojátelʹnyj)

large in size, quantity or value

Chinese:
Mandarin: 大量 (zh) (dàliàng)
Czech: podstatný (cs)
Finnish: huomattava (fi), runsas (fi)
French: substantiel (fr)
German: wesentlich (de)

Hungarian: tekintélyes (hu), bőséges (hu)
Japanese: 大量の (ja) (tairyō no)
Portuguese: substancial (pt)
Russian: значи́тельный (ru) (značítelʹnyj), суще́ственный (ru) (suščéstvennyj)
Scottish Gaelic: susbainteach

essential

Czech: podstatný (cs)
Finnish: oleellinen (fi), olennainen (fi)
German: wesentlich (de)
Greek: ουσιαστικός (el) (ousiastikós)
Hungarian: lényegi (hu), alapvető (hu)

Italian: sostanziale (it)
Japanese: 実質的な (jisshitsuteki na)
Portuguese: substancial (pt)
Russian: суще́ственный (ru) (suščéstvennyj), ва́жный (ru) (vážnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: susbainteach

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: حَقِيقِيّ‎ (ḥaqīqiyy) (ħaqíeqi)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} substantieel
French: ^{(please verify)} substantiel (fr)
German: ^{(please verify)} wesentlich (de)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} sostanziale (it)

Korean: 실재하는 (siljaehaneun)
Mandarin: 實際, 实际 (shíjì)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} vesentlig
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} substancial
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} väsentlig

Noun

substantial (plural substantials)

Anything having substance; an essential part.

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