Word.ws English Dictionary

nonsubstantial

nonsubstantial adjective: not substantial; without substance.

Adjective

nonsubstantial (not comparable)

  1. Not substantial; without substance.

Origin of nonsubstantial

From non- + substantial.

Questions about nonsubstantial

What does nonsubstantial mean?
Nonsubstantial means not substantial; without substance.
What part of speech is nonsubstantial?
Nonsubstantial is an adjective.

Words near nonsubstantial in the dictionary

  1. nonsubsidized
  2. nonsubsidy
  3. nonsubsistence
  4. nonsubstance
  5. nonsubstances
  6. nonsubstantial
  7. nonsubstantialism
  8. nonsubstantialist
  9. nonsubstantiality
  10. nonsubstantiation
  11. nonsubstantive

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nonsubstantial (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “nonsubstantial.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/nonsubstantial. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.