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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

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Adjective

Greater than average in size, amount, value or degree

not to be sneezed at

earth-shattering

not inconsiderable

disproportionate

worth taking into account

thick on the ground

recognizable^US

distinguishable

recognisable^UK

coming out of ears

worthy of attention

out of the ordinary

across-the-board

all-encompassing

moderately good

enough and to spare

fair-to-middling

a thousand and one

fair to middling

run-of-the-mill

encyclopedic^US

encyclopaedic^UK

across the board

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

at the heart of

at the center of

meat-and-potatoes

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

extremely useful

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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

unchallengeable

beyond question

having down pat

straight from the shoulder

telling it like it is

on the up and up

well-established

not afraid to call a spade a spade

as it really happened

in every respect

one-hundred percent

photo-realistic

straight-shooting

beyond a shadow of a doubt

three-dimensional

lay it on the line

as sure as eggs is eggs

fair and square

uncounterfeited

copper-bottomed

saying what one thinks

not in question

straight-talking

there are no two ways about it

without question

as true as I'm sitting here

high-principled

as true as I'm standing here

beyond a shadow of doubt

no ifs ands or buts

from the horse's mouth

straight from the horse's mouth

laid on the line

square-shooting

in actual existence

representational

straight from horse's mouth

twenty-four carat

on the right track

pure and simple

telling the truth

on the up-and-up

fair-and-square

right and proper

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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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