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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Substantive \Sub"stan*tive\, noun [Cf. F. substantif.] (Gram.) A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Substantive \Sub"stan*tive\, verb (used with an object) To substantivize. [R.] --Cudworth.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Substantive \Sub"stan*tive\, adjective [L. substantivus: cf. F. substantif.]
1. Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
2. Depending on itself; independent.
He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the foreigner. --Bacon.
3. Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner. --Hazlitt.
4. Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.
{Noun substantive} (Gram.), a noun which designates an object, material or immaterial; a substantive.
{Substantive color}, one which communicates its color without the aid of a mordant or base; -- opposed to adjective color.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
substantive
adjective
1: being the essence or essential element of a thing; "substantial equivalents"; "substantive information" [syn: {substantial}, {in essence}]
2: applying to essential legal principles and rules of right; "substantive law" [syn: {essential}] [ant: {adjective}]
3: having substance and prompting thought; "a meaty discussion" [syn: {meaty}]
noun: a noun or a pronoun that is used in place of a noun
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "substantive": ab ovo, abstract noun, adherent noun, adjectival, adverbial, appreciable, attributive, basal, basic, bedrock, central, collective noun, common noun, concrete, conjunctive, constituent, constitutive, copulative, correct, elemental, elementary, essential, focal, formal, functional, fundamental, gerund, glossematic, grammatic, gut, hypostasis, indispensable, intransitive, life-and-death, life-or-death, linking, material, nominal, noun, noun phrase, of the essence, of vital importance, original, palpable, participial, ponderable, postpositional, prepositional, primal, primary, primitive, pronominal, pronoun, proper noun, quotation noun, radical, real, sensible, solid, structural, substantial, syntactic, tagmemic, tangible, transitive, underlying, verbal, vital
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