1. (a.) Enduring; solid; firm; substantial\.

2. (a.) Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.

3. (a.) Depending on itself; independent.

4. (a.) Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.

5. (n.) 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.

6. (v. t.) To 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