Phrase Hound found 19 phrases and 5 compound words that contain substantive. The most common are listed below. Open substantive in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 19
- substantive lawThe statutory or written law that governs rights and obligations of those who are subject to it.
- substantive due processA principle in United States constitutional law that allows courts to protect substantive law and certain rights from the government.
- substantive adjectiveAn adjective used alone in the absence of the noun that it modifies.
- substantive caseA case of second objects, being a derivation of the comparative case but intended for larger, more substantial objects, and used to join or combine one thing with another. It corresponds roughly to a variation of the accusative case: I …
- substantive verbIn the Goidelic languages, a copular verb meaning “to be” that is used with predicates that are prepositional phrases, adverbs, or adjectives, but not with predicates that are noun phrases: Old Irish at·tá, Irish bí (present tá), Scottish …
- substantive casesplural of substantive case: A case of second objects, being a derivation of the comparative case but intended for larger, more substantial objects, and used to join or combine one thing with another. It corresponds roughly to a variation …
- verbal substantiveverbal noun
- substantive verbsplural of substantive verb: In the Goidelic languages, a copular verb meaning “to be” that is used with predicates that are prepositional phrases, adverbs, or adjectives, but not with predicates that are noun phrases: Old Irish at·tá …
- substantive adjectivesplural of substantive adjective: An adjective used alone in the absence of the noun that it modifies.
- substantive genitiveSynonym of independent genitive: A grammatical construction in which a noun or pronoun in the genitive or possessive case is used independently of the noun which it possesses.
- substantive genitivesplural of substantive genitive: A grammatical construction in which a noun or pronoun in the genitive or possessive case is used independently of the noun which it possesses.
- common substantive nounSynonym of common noun: A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.
- common substantive nounsplural of common substantive noun: A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.
- noun substantiveA word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- substantive nounSynonym of noun: A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including …
- noun substantive properSynonym of proper noun: A word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal, event, or other individual entity.
- nouns substantiveplural of noun substantive: A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- substantive nounsplural of substantive noun: A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages …
- nouns substantive properplural of noun substantive proper: A word or phrase that is a noun denoting a particular person, place, organization, ship, animal, event, or other individual entity.
Compound words 5
- substantiviseTo use as or convert into a substantive (noun).
- nonsubstantiveNot substantive.
- unsubstantiveNot having the form of a noun.
- substantivenessThe quality or state of being substantive.
- substantivisationThe process of substantivising (converting into a substantive).