substance
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(noun) that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter" |
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Synonyms: matter |
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Related Words: activator, adulterant, allergen, atom, ballast, bedding, bedding material, body substance, carcinogen, chemical compound, chemical element, chemical irritant, combustible, combustible material, compound, culture medium, denaturant, deposit, drift, element, emanation, essence, ferment, fluid, food, fuel, goo, gook, grinding, group, guck, gunk, inhibitor, leaven, leavening, ligand, litter, living substance, material, medium, metabolite, mixture, molecule, muck, nutrient, object, ooze, philosopher's stone, physical object, poison, precipitant, protoplasm, radical, refrigerant, residue, sediment, slime, sludge, solid, solute, solvate, stuff, substrate, system, volatile |
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(noun) the stuff of which an object consists |
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Related Words: component, component part, part, portion |
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(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the nub of the story" |
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Synonyms: center, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, sum |
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Related Words: cognitive content, content, hypostasis, mental object, quintessence, stuff |
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(noun) considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means" |
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Synonyms: means |
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Related Words: capital, wherewithal |
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(noun) the idea that is intended; "What is the sense of this proverb?" |
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Synonyms: meaning, sense |
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Related Words: connotation, denotation, extension, idea, implication, import, reference, significance, strain, tenor, thought, undercurrent, undertone |
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(noun) what a communication that is about something is about |
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Synonyms: content, message, subject matter |
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Related Words: acknowledgement, acknowledgment, approval, aside, body, commendation, commitment, communication, corker, counsel, counseling, dedication, digression, direction, disapproval, discourtesy, disrespect, divagation, drivel, entry, excursus, guidance, humor, humour, import, info, information, instruction, latent content, meaning, meaninglessness, memorial, nonsense, nonsensicality, offer, offering, opinion, parenthesis, petition, promotion, promotional material, proposal, publicity, reminder, request, respects, sensationalism, shocker, significance, signification, statement, subject, submission, theme, topic, view, wit, witticism, wittiness |
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