Meaningful
Meaningful adjective - Having a meaning or purpose.
Usage example: a meaningful discussion
Substantive and meaningful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Substantive" instead an adjective "Meaningful".
Substantive
Substantive adjective - Being on topic and prompting thought.
Meaningful and substantive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Meaningful" instead an adjective "Substantive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- material and meaningful
- material and substantive
- solid and meaningful
- solid and substantive
- considerable and meaningful
- considerable and substantive
- substantial and meaningful
- substantial and substantive
- valid and meaningful
- valid and substantive
- big and meaningful
- big and substantive
- important and meaningful
- important and substantive
Both words in one sentence
- While even his fans and Socrates himself would probably agree with that to some degree, this isn't shown as really being used in a meaningful or substantive way.
Source: Webcomic / Existential Comics
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