Synonyms for substantive
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suhb-stuh n-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌb stən tɪv |
Définition of substantive
Origin :- late 15c., "standing by itself," from Old French substantif, from Late Latin substantivum, neuter of Latin substantivus "of substance or being," from substantia (see substance). The grammatical term (late 14c.) was introduced by the French to denote the noun in contradistinction to the adjective, from Latin nomen substantivum "name or word of substance."
- noun nominal
- It is not the adjective, but the substantive, which is of real importance.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- I trusted that some day it would prove to be a substantive religion.
- Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman
- The use of this adjective as a substantive is said to be an Americanism.
- Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
- Have we not the substantive trash in the sense of shreddings, at p. 542.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 » by Various
- It is one of the substantive colours and does not need any mordant.
- Extract from : « Vegetable Dyes » by Ethel M. Mairet
- It has a Latin name and is a contingent, not a substantive part of the man's acts.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- We are not now dealing with the question of the real or substantive existence of evil.
- Extract from : « Gloria Crucis » by J. H. Beibitz
- As a verb, signifies to steady;—as a substantive, a comprehensive mind.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- Byron is the authority for the use of "knoll" as a substantive.
- Extract from : « The Works of Lord Byron » by Lord Byron
- You cannot guess the adjective from the substantive, nor the end of the phrase from its beginning.
- Extract from : « Milton » by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh
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