substantial (adj.)
- absolute
- abundant
- actual
- adequate
- affluent
- allegorical
- ample
- appreciable
- ascendant
- associational
- authentic
- authoritarian
- authoritative
- authorized
- autocratic
- balanced
- basal
- basic
- big
- binding
- bodily
- bumper
- calculable
- charismatic
- charming
- close
- close-knit
- cogent
- comfortable
- commanding
- commensurate
- compact
- competent
- compressed
- concentrated
- concrete
- congested
- connotational
- connotative
- consequential
- considerable
- consistent
- consolidated
- constituent
- constitutive
- controlling
- cool
- corporal
- corporeal
- corresponding
- crowded
- decent
- definable
- denotative
- dense
- dependable
- dominant
- double-barreled
- due
- durable
- earthly
- earthshaking
- easy
- effective
- effectual
- efficacious
- elemental
- elementary
- eminent
- empowered
- enchanting
- enough
- essential
- estimable
- expressive
- extended
- extensional
- factual
- faithful
- fast
- fiducial
- figurative
- firm
- fit
- fleshly
- fundamental
- generous
- genuine
- gluey
- good
- goodly
- governing
- grand
- great
- gross
- hard
- healthy
- heavy
- high-powered
- historical
- huge
- impenetrable
- imperative
- impermeable
- imperturbable
- important
- impressive
- indicative
- influential
- intelligible
- intensional
- interpretable
- invincible
- jam-packed
- jammed
- just
- key
- landed
- large
- large-scale
- lawful
- leading
- legal
- legitimate
- logical
- magnetic
- major
- man-sized
- massive
- material
- meaning
- meaningful
- meaty
- metaphorical
- mighty
- minimal
- minimum
- momentous
- nonporous
- numberless
- numerous
- objective
- official
- original
- packed
- palpable
- personable
- persuasive
- phenomenal
- physical
- pithy
- pointed
- ponderable
- positive
- potent
- powerful
- predictable
- preeminent
- pregnant
- prestigious
- primal
- primary
- primitive
- principal
- profitable
- prominent
- propertied
- proportionate
- prosperous
- puissant
- radical
- ranking
- readable
- real
- referential
- reliable
- reputable
- respectable
- rich
- ruling
- satisfactory
- secular
- secure
- self-consistent
- self-important
- senior
- sensible
- sententious
- serious
- serried
- significant
- significative
- sizable
- sizeable
- snug
- solid
- solvent
- somatic
- sound
- stable
- staunch
- steadfast
- steady
- stout
- strong
- sturdy
- suasive
- substantive
- successful
- sufficient
- sufficing
- suggestive
- suitable
- superior
- supreme
- sure
- symbolic
- tall
- tangible
- telling
- temporal
- thick
- thickset
- tidy
- totalitarian
- true
- trustworthy
- trusty
- undeniable
- underlying
- unfailing
- unflappable
- unflinching
- unshakable
- unwavering
- valid
- vast
- veritable
- viscid
- viscous
- wealthy
- weighty
- well
- well-balanced
- well-fixed
- well-founded
- well-grounded
- well-heeled
- well-off
- well-to-do
- winning
- world-shaking
- worldly
- worthwhile
We 'll shine in more substantial honours,
And to be noble we 'll be good.
In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast substantial smile.
Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know,
Are a substantial world, both pure and good.
Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,
Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
