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substantives

substantives is the plural of substantive.

substantives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of substantive.

Meaning of substantive

Noun

substantive (plural substantives)

  1. Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.

See all 10 meanings of substantive

Forms of substantives

alternative abbreviationsubstt.
alternative abbreviationsubsts.

Phrases with substantives

Questions about substantives

What is substantives the plural of?
Substantives is the plural of substantive.

Words near substantives in the dictionary

  1. substantive verb
  2. substantive verbs
  3. substantived
  4. substantively
  5. substantiveness
  6. substantives
  7. substantiving
  8. substantivisation
  9. substantivisations
  10. substantivise
  11. substantivised

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Adapted from Wiktionary: substantives (page history and authors); substantive (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.

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