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substances

noun , plural of substance

Synonyms and Antonyms of substances

1 the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is

tireless caring and nurturing that was the very substance of maternal love

Synonyms of substances

beings, essences, essentialities, natures, quiddities, quintessences, souls, stuff

Words Related to substances

hearts, spirits

alpha and omegas, centers, cores, keynotes, marrows, piths, seats

embodiments, epitomes, incarnations, manifestations, personifications

aspects, attributes, features, properties

gists, kernels, nubs

2 one that has a real and independent existence

the question of whether the soul is a substance entirely independent of the body

Synonyms of substances

beings, commodities, entities, existents, individualities, individuals, integers, objects, realities, things

Words Related to substances

bodies, subjects

materials, matters, quantities, stuff

Near Antonyms of substances

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