Thesaurus:substance

Thesaurus

substance

English

Noun

Sense: the tangible, physical matter that goes into the makeup of a physical object

Synonyms

• corporeity
• body    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mass
• material    [⇒ thesaurus]
• matter
• stuff
• substance

Antonyms

• nothing    [⇒ thesaurus]
• vacuum
• void
•   —
• energy
• force
• heat
• light    [⇒ thesaurus]
• power    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —
• ego
• dream
• mind
• personality
• phantom
• shadow
• soul
• spirit    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• gas
• liquid    [⇒ thesaurus]
• solid
•   —
• food    [⇒ thesaurus]
• material    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• plenum

Further reading

• “316. materiality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “3. substantiality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “substance” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.