substantive

  • (s) having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable
    • substantial equivalents
    substantial,
  • (a) defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
    • substantive law
    essential,
  • (s) being on topic and prompting thought
    • a meaty discussion
    meaty,

Nouns

  • (n) any word or group of words functioning as a noun

Synonyms

substantial essential meaty

Antonyms

adjective procedural

Words of close approximity

substantial
substantive dye