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Synonyms & Antonyms of substantive
- they've made substantive changes in the nightly newscast
Synonyms for substantive
- biggish,
- considerable,
- good,
- goodly,
- handsome,
- healthy,
- largish,
- major,
- respectable,
- significant,
- sizable
- (or sizeable),
- substantial,
- tidy
Words Related to substantive
- astronomical
- (also astronomic),
- bumper,
- colossal,
- elephantine,
- enormous,
- gigantic,
- great,
- herculean,
- huge,
- immense,
- jumbo,
- king-size
- (or king-sized),
- mammoth,
- massive,
- monstrous,
- monumental,
- prodigious,
- titanic,
- tremendous,
- whopping
Near Antonyms for substantive
- little,
- small,
- tiny,
- undersized
- (also undersize)
- bitty,
- diminutive,
- miniature,
- pint-size
- (or pint-sized),
- pocket,
- pocket-size
- (also pocket-sized),
- pygmy,
- smallish
Antonyms for substantive
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“Substantive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/substantive. Accessed 28 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of substantive was in the 14th century
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