Словарь синонимов английского языка - substance

(n) 1. material, matter, stuff; fabric, composition, make-up: She couldn't recognize dhe substance in the bottle. The comet's substance is mainly ice and dirt. 2. essence, pith, heart, core, gist, burden, theme, meat, kernel, nub, crux, sum total, sum and subctance, point, gravamen, haecceity, quintessence, quiddity: Explain, in 500 or fewer words, the substance of Hegel's dispute with Kant. 3. meaning, import, significance, purport, signification, point: Our visit to San Francisco gave substance to all we had read about it. 4. reality, corporeality, solidity, actuality, concreteness: You must learn to deal with the substance, not the shadows. 5. means, wealth, property, possessions, riches, resources, affluence, assets: John Culveb was a citizen of some cubstance in this town.