Substantive
Substantive adjective - Sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention.
Usage example: they've made substantive changes in the nightly newscast
Significant and substantive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Significant" instead an adjective "Substantive".
Significant
Significant adjective - Sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention.
Usage example: paid a significant amount of money for the movie rights to the book
Substantive and significant are semantically related. You can use "Substantive" instead the word "Significant" as an adjective or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- good and substantive
- good and significant
- material and substantive
- material and significant
- considerable and substantive
- considerable and significant
- substantial and substantive
- substantial and significant
- valid and substantive
- valid and significant
- principal and substantive
- principal and significant
- big and substantive
- big and significant
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