substantive

adjective

  1. 1

    defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established

    substantive law

  2. 2

    having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable

    substantial equivalents

  3. 3

    being on topic and prompting thought

    a meaty discussion

noun

  1. 1

    any word or group of words functioning as a noun

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