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substants

Syllables: sub·stantsUK/ˈsʌb.stənts/

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Australia/ˈsɐb.stənts/

substants is the plural of substant.

Meaning of substant

Noun

substant (plural substants)

  1. Something that subsists.
    • 1597,
      The substants of bodie and soule have nothinge commune with this spirituall mariage. (quoted in OED)

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Questions about substants

What is substants the plural of?
Substants is the plural of substant.
How do you pronounce substants?
Substants is pronounced /ˈsʌb.stənts/ (UK).

Words near substants in the dictionary

  1. substantize
  2. substantized
  3. substantizes
  4. substantizing
  5. substantiæ nigræ
  6. substants
  7. substar
  8. substars
  9. substate
  10. substatement
  11. substatements

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Adapted from Wiktionary: substants (page history and authors); substant (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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