substantialadjective
uk/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/substantial adjective (LARGE)
B2 large in size, value, or importance:
The findings show a substantial difference between the opinions of men and women.
She inherited a substantial fortune from her grandmother.
The first draft of his novel needed a substantial amount of rewriting.
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- a substantial chunk of our profits
- The police have been ordered to pay substantial damages to the families of the two dead boys.
- The Green Party have called for a substantial reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases by the UK.
- All the evidence points to a substantial rise in traffic over the next few years.
- There will be substantial job losses if the factory closes down.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Very important or urgent
- all-important
- arch
- at all cost(s) idiom
- be a matter of life and/or death idiom
- burning
- chief
- considerable
- critical
- major league
- make the world go around/round idiom
- materially
- minor league
- mission-critical
- prized
- radical
- sacred
- salient
- serious
- seriously
- substantially
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substantial adjective (GENERAL)
[ before noun ] formal relating to the main or most important things being considered:
The committee was in substantial agreement (= agreed about most of the things discussed).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Importance - general words
- cornerstone
- focus
- grand
- gravitas
- importance
- magnitude
- meaning
- meaningful
- momentous
- proportion
- seniority
- significance
- simple
- status
- substance
- supremacy
- transcendent
- urgent
- value
- weight
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