substantiality

Having actual existence

Substantiality is the quality of being substantial—having real existence, solidity, or significance.

A legal argument might lack substantiality if it rests on thin evidence.

The substantiality of a meal refers to how filling it is.

In philosophy and law, the term often concerns whether something has enough weight or reality to matter: The court questioned the substantiality of the plaintiff's claims.

materiality

physicality

Bodily, material quality

density · mass · matter · texture · hardness · volume · concreteness · palpability · body · bulk

significance

importance

State of mattering

gravity · seriousness · moment · import · meaningfulness · relevance · pertinence · noteworthiness · value · worthiness

reality

existence

State of being real

  • actualityState of existing fact
  • factVerifiable piece of information
  • truthAccordance with reality

realness · genuineness · authenticity · veracity · concreteness · certainty · objectivity · presence · beingness · factuality

essence

core

Central essential portion

  • heartCirculatory system's pump
  • kernelSeed or essential core
  • gistCentral meaning distilled

crux · pith · nucleus · foundation · bedrock · basis · root · soul · spirit · quintessence

affluence

wealth

Abundance of valuable resources

resources · assets · fortune · plenty · capital · riches · property · estate · bounty · opulence

durability

permanence

Quality of lasting indefinitely

sturdiness · robustness · reliability · endurance · lastingness · soundness · strength · toughness · resilience · constancy

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Opposites
physical solidity/material existence

substantialityinsubstantiality

Absence of physical substance

immateriality · intangibility · incorporeality · unreality · ethereality

significance/importance

substantialitytriviality

Unimportant small matter

insignificance · inconsequentiality · unimportance · negligibility · pettiness

reality/existence

substantialityunreality

Quality of being imaginary

illusoriness · fantasy · illusion · insubstantiality · phantasmagoria

Family

substance, instance, substantial, substantiate, substantially, substantiation, substantiated, substantiating, substantiates

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