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Greater than average in size, amount, value or degree

Of the essence, being an essential element of something

Independent, depending on oneself

Effective or practical in use

Existing in reality or as a matter of fact

Highly relevant to the matter at hand

(grammar) A word that names a person, place, thing or idea

To convert into a substantive (noun)

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Adjective

Greater than average in size, amount, value or degree

not to be sneezed at

not inconsiderable

disproportionate

worth taking into account

generously proportioned

earth-shattering

thick on the ground

recognizable^US

distinguishable

recognisable^UK

coming out of ears

moderately good

enough and to spare

worthy of attention

out of the ordinary

across-the-board

intercontinental

all-encompassing

fair-to-middling

fair to middling

run-of-the-mill

a thousand and one

written all over one

more than enough

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“The union is also very supportive of efforts to provide a substantive amount of severance pay to separated federal employees.”

Adjective

Of the essence, being an essential element of something

vitally important

of the utmost importance

of great consequence

meat-and-potatoes

at the heart of

highly regarded

earth-shattering

name-of-the-game

business-critical

mission-critical

of high standing

of vital importance

a matter of life and death

extremely helpful

extremely useful

worth its weight in gold

well thought of

in the public eye

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“The substantive aspect of the economy, on which we had wished to focus, is disdainfully relegated to oblivion.”

Adjective

Independent, depending on oneself

“How sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid at all of the foreigner.”

Adjective

Effective or practical in use

suited to the purpose

in working order

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

alive and kicking

within the bounds of possibility

within the realms of possibility

both feet on the ground

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“Such actions served only to fuel concerns about whether the government would take more substantive measures to boost confidence in the stock market.”

Adjective

Existing in reality or as a matter of fact

honest-to-goodness

well documented

incontrovertible

straightforward

uncounterfeited

well-established

twenty-four carat

no ifs ands or buts

unchallengeable

beyond question

non-theoretical

beyond a shadow of a doubt

as plain as a pikestaff

staring one in the face

fair and square

genuine article

first generation

twenty-four-carat

no buts about it

on the up-and-up

telling it like it is

straight from horse's mouth

as it really happened

historically accurate

particularized^US

free from doubt

particularised^UK

on the right track

on the right lines

along the right lines

cooking with gas

according to Hoyle

no holds barred

pure and simple

one hundred per cent

straight from the horse's mouth

not pre-recorded

with an audience

uncontroversial

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Adjective

Substantive

Adjective

Highly relevant to the matter at hand

Noun

(grammar) A word that names a person, place, thing or idea

noun substantive

substantive noun

“In poetry, the use of a substantive to denote a special form of the action of the verb is much extended.”

Verb

To convert into a substantive (noun)

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