substantive

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any word or group of words functioning as a noun
adjective having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable
adjective defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established

From Middle English substantif, from Old French substantif.

He positively stuck at the substantive. — The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, Algernon Blackwood
Adjectives and substantives therefore symbolize states. — Creative Evolution, Bergson, Henri
Substantives are either proper or common. — The Comic English Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction To The English Tongue, Percival Leigh

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