Adjective substantive has 3 senses
  1. substantial, substantive, in essence - being the essence or essential element of a thing; "substantial equivalents"; "substantive information"
    Antonyms: inessential, unessential (indirect, via essential)
  2. substantive, essential - applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; "substantive law"
    Antonyms: adjective, procedural
  3. meaty, substantive - having substance and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion"
    Antonyms: meaningless, nonmeaningful (indirect, via meaningful)
,Noun substantive has 1 sense
  1. substantive - a noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun
    --1 is a kind of
    word
    --1 has particulars: noun
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