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substantial in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. providing abundant nourishment
    "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day"
    hearty  satisfying  solid  square  substantial 
  2. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
    "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare
    substantial  real  material 
  3. fairly large
    "won by a substantial margin"
    significant  substantial 
  4. of good quality and condition; solidly built
    "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"
    solid  strong  substantial 
  5. having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable
    "substantial equivalents"
    substantial  substantive 
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