substantives
Words for things
Substantives is the plural of substantive, a grammatical term for a noun or any word functioning as a noun.
In legal contexts, substantive law deals with rights and duties themselves, as opposed to procedural law governing how cases proceed: The court addressed substantive issues of contract interpretation.
The word emphasizes things of substance rather than mere form.
Word naming something
- pronounNoun's grammatical replacement
- nominalIn designation only
- gerundVerb-derived noun form
- infinitiveUnconjugated verb form
participle · subject · object · complement · predicate · declension · case · gender
noun
Word naming something
infinitive · participle · subject · object · complement · predicate · declension · case · gender · number
rights
Justified claims to freedoms
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- assetsOwned items of value
- entitlementsLegally guaranteed benefits
claims · interests · holdings · estate · ownership · title · inheritance · bequest · endowment · patrimony
substantivesverbs
Words expressing actions
adjectives · function words · adverbs · predicates · modifiers