Substance

Definition of substance:

part of speech: noun

That in which qualities exist; essential part; body; matter; property.

part of speech: noun

That in which qualities or attributes exist: that which constitutes anything what it is: the essential part: body: matter: property.

Usage examples for substance:

• But the saving of space is not by the sacrifice of substance or of style. "Admiral Farragut", A. T. Mahan.

• Yet she felt herself to be both the cause and the substance "Trumps", George William Curtis.