substance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
DNA is the substance of our genes
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the gist of the prosecutor's argument
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the idea that is intended
What is the meaning of this proverb?
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
material of a particular kind or constitution
the immune response recognizes invading substances
Types & categories
Sense 5 noun
considerable capital (wealth or income)
he is a man of means
Types & categories
Sense 6 noun
what a communication that is about something is about
Types & categories
- communication
- body
- corker
- reminder
- request
- memorial
- latent content
- subject
- digression
- meaning
- nonsense
- drivel
- acknowledgement
- refusal
- information
- guidance
- dedication
- commendation
- disapproval
- respects
- discourtesy
- insertion
- statement
- statement
- humor
- opinion
- instruction
- proposal
- offering
- submission
- story
- promotion
- sensationalism
- shocker
Sense 7 noun
a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties
shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man
Types & categories
- matter
- food
- nutrient
- philosopher's stone
- allergen
- assay
- pyrectic
- pyrogen
- hydrocolloid
- adulterator
- propellant
- denaturant
- inhibitor
- ferment
- agent
- carcinogen
- digestive
- fomentation
- fuel
- lubricant
- humectant
- inoculant
- jelly
- leaven
- refrigerant
- lysin
- poison
- chemical irritant
- antigen
- ligand
- metabolite
- vehicle
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | substantial |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | matter |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | body substance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | protoplasm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chemistry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | phlogiston |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mixture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | atom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chemical element |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | activator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | substrate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | element |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | medium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | medium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | volatile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | essence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | summate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pithy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | all-importanta |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cardinal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | meaty |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive content |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bare bones |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypostasis |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | haecceity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | quintessence |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | stuff |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | signify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mean |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | thought |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | semantics |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | significance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tenor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | undercurrent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | denotation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reference |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | connotation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical entity |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | capital |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pocketbook |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | wherewithal |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | communication |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | body |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | corker |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | reminder |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | request |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | memorial |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | latent content |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | subject |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | digression |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | meaning |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonsense |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | drivel |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | acknowledgement |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | refusal |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | information |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | guidance |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | dedication |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | commendation |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | disapproval |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | respects |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | discourtesy |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | insertion |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | statement |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | statement |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | humor |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | opinion |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | instruction |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | proposal |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | offering |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | submission |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | story |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | promotion |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | sensationalism |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | shocker |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | matter |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | food |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | nutrient |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | philosopher's stone |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | allergen |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | assay |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyrectic |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyrogen |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | hydrocolloid |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | adulterator |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | propellant |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | denaturant |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | inhibitor |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | ferment |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | agent |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | carcinogen |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | digestive |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | fomentation |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | fuel |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | lubricant |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | humectant |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | inoculant |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | jelly |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | leaven |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | refrigerant |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | lysin |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | poison |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | chemical irritant |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | antigen |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | ligand |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | metabolite |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | vehicle |