What are the opposite words for substantial?
Antonyms of the word "substantial" include a variety of terms that represent the opposite or contrary meaning. Some examples include flimsy, fragile, insubstantial, minimal, minor, insignificant, trivial, light, petty, and immaterial. These words signify smallness, weakness, and insignificance, instead of something being meaningful, weighty, or influential. For instance, when we use the term insubstantial, we imply a lack of importance, substance or validity. Minimal and petty words suggest that something is of no significant value. Identifying appropriate antonyms for a given word helps enhance our understanding of language and enrich our communication abilities.
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- immaterial
- meaningless
- small
- unimportant
- low
- little
- imaginary
- pitiful
- fine
- infinitesimal
- insubstantial
- lilliputian
- meager
- metaphysical
- minute
- tenuous
- filmy
- flimsy
- hollow
- impalpable
- imperceptible
- insignificant
- irrelevant
- measly
- paltry
- skimpy
- thin
- trivial
- wee
- all
- scant/scanty
- least
- finespun, fragile
- dainty, delicate; sheer
- not strong; light, thin
- empty, hollowed out
- fictitious, invented
- intangible, unsubstantial
- imponderable
- not important; of no consequence
- weak, imaginary
- small in size, amount
- reduced; mediocre
- not physical; without physical presence
- very small
- poor; worthless
- in bad shape; poor
- tiny in size, quantity
- important, ample
- weak, thin
- deficient, weak
- of no real worth, value
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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immaterial
- inapposite,
- meaningless,
- nonmaterial,
- trivial,
- unembodied,
- wraithlike,
- Asomatous,
- Disbodied,
- Discarnate,
- Irrelative,
- Unfleshly,
- of no account,
- of no consequence,
- dis bodied,
- dis embodied,
- dis-bodied,
- dis-embodied,
- in applicable,
- in apposite,
- in appropriate,
- in consequential,
- in considerable,
- in considerate,
- in corporate,
- in corporeal,
- in essential,
- in sensible,
- in tangible,
- in-applicable,
- in-apposite,
- in-appropriate,
- in-consequential,
- in-considerable,
- in-considerate,
- in-corporate,
- in-corporeal,
- in-essential,
- in-sensible,
- in-tangible,
- matter indifference,
- matter of indifference,
- more asomatous,
- more disbodied,
- more discarnate,
- more inapposite,
- more incorporate,
- more irrelative,
- more nonmaterial,
- more spiritlike,
- more unembodied,
- more wraithlike,
- most asomatous,
- most disbodied,
- most discarnate,
- most inapposite,
- most incorporate,
- most irrelative,
- most nonmaterial,
- most spiritlike,
- most unembodied,
- most wraithlike,
- no big deal,
- no never mind,
- non material,
- non physical,
- non-material,
- non-physical,
- of no importance,
- spiritlike,
- super natural,
- super-natural,
- un earthlier,
- un earthliest,
- un earthly,
- un embodied,
- un fleshlier,
- un fleshliest,
- un fleshly,
- un important,
- un necessary,
- un worldlier,
- un worldliest,
- un worldly,
- un-earthlier,
- un-earthliest,
- un-earthly,
- un-embodied,
- un-fleshlier,
- un-fleshliest,
- un-fleshly,
- un-necessary,
- un-worldlier,
- un-worldliest,
- un-worldly,
- unfleshlier,
- unfleshliest.
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meaningless
- doublespeak,
- unmeaning,
- Unpurposed,
- doesnt cut it,
- doubletalk,
- good for nothing,
- more double-talk,
- more doublespeak,
- more good for nothing,
- more nothing,
- more unmeaning,
- more unpurposed,
- most double talk,
- most double-talk,
- most doublespeak,
- most doubletalk,
- most good for nothing,
- most good-for-nothing,
- most nothing,
- most unmeaning,
- most unpurposed,
- un meaning,
- un-meaning,
- un-purposed.
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small
- bitty,
- infinitesimal,
- pint-sized,
- pocket-sized,
- runty,
- shrimp,
- shrimper,
- small fry,
- small-scale,
- bittier,
- bittiest,
- bushleague,
- minorleague,
- more pint sized,
- more pint-sized,
- more pocket sized,
- more small fry,
- more small-fry,
- more smallfry,
- most pint sized,
- most pint-sized,
- most pocket sized,
- most pocket-sized,
- most pocketsized,
- most small fry,
- most small scale,
- most small-fry,
- most small-scale,
- most smallfry,
- pint sized,
- pocket sized,
- pocketsized,
- runtier,
- runtiest,
- shrimpest,
- small scale,
- small time,
- small-fry,
- smallfry,
- smallscale,
- un essential,
- un-essential,
- un-pretentious.
- unimportant
- low
- little
-
imaginary
- apparitional,
- hypothetical,
- Non-existent,
- dreamed-up,
- dreamedup,
- figmental,
- fool paradise,
- hypo thetical,
- hypo-thetical,
- madeup,
- more apparitional,
- more dreamed up,
- more dreamed-up,
- more dreamedup,
- more fabulous,
- more fancied,
- more figmental,
- most dreamed up,
- most dreamed-up,
- most dreamedup,
- most fancied,
- most figmental,
- non existent,
- un-real.
- pitiful
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fine
- Finedrawn,
- Gossamery,
- fine-drawn,
- Fine-spun,
- fine drawn,
- fine spun,
- more fine drawn,
- more fine spun,
- more fine-drawn,
- more fine-spun,
- more finedrawn,
- more gossamery,
- more powdered,
- more quality,
- most fine drawn,
- most fine spun,
- most fine-drawn,
- most fine-spun,
- most finedrawn,
- most gossamery,
- most powdered,
- most pulverized,
- most quality.
- infinitesimal
- insubstantial
- lilliputian
-
meager
- beanstalk,
- broomstick,
- meager,
- scraggy,
- scrimpy,
- skin and bones,
- scraggiest,
- in fertile,
- in-fertile,
- more beanpole,
- more beanstalk,
- more broomstick,
- more rattleboned,
- more stinted,
- most beanpole,
- most beanstalk,
- most broomstick,
- most rattleboned,
- most stinted,
- rattleboned,
- scraggier,
- scrimper,
- scrimpest,
- scrimpier,
- scrimpiest,
- skimper,
- skimpest,
- un finished,
- un fruitful,
- un productive,
- un-finished,
- un-fruitful,
- un-productive.
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metaphysical
- jesuitic,
- superhuman,
- Supermundane,
- Supramundane,
- high flown,
- highflown,
- meta physical,
- meta-physical,
- more jesuitic,
- more oversubtle,
- more supermundane,
- more suprahuman,
- more supramundane,
- more supranatural,
- more transcendental,
- more unphysical,
- most jesuitic,
- most oversubtle,
- most supermundane,
- most suprahuman,
- most supramundane,
- most supranatural,
- most unphysical,
- over subtle,
- over-subtle,
- oversubtle,
- pro found,
- pro founder,
- pro-found,
- pro-founder,
- super human,
- super mundane,
- super-human,
- super-mundane,
- supra human,
- supra mundane,
- supra natural,
- supra-human,
- supra-mundane,
- supra-natural,
- suprahuman,
- supranatural,
- un physical,
- un-physical,
- uni versal,
- uni-versal,
- unphysical.
- minute
- tenuous
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filmy
- chiffon,
- cobwebby,
- fine-grained,
- floaty,
- gossamer,
- membranous,
- tiffany,
- see through,
- fine grained,
- finegrained,
- floatier,
- floatiest,
- mis tier,
- mis-tier,
- more blurred,
- more chiffon,
- more cobwebby,
- more fine grained,
- more fine-grained,
- more finegrained,
- more membranous,
- more tiffany,
- most chiffon,
- most cobwebby,
- most fine grained,
- most fine-grained,
- most finegrained,
- most membranous,
- most tiffany,
- seethrough,
- trans parent,
- trans-parent.
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flimsy
- house of cards,
- papery,
- rickety,
- shallow,
- unpersuasive,
- cut rate,
- Controvertible,
- shallower,
- ungrounded,
- cut-rate,
- cutrate,
- house cards,
- in adequate,
- in conceivable,
- in credible,
- in firm,
- in firmer,
- in firmest,
- in-adequate,
- in-conceivable,
- in-credible,
- in-firm,
- in-firmer,
- in-firmest,
- more controvertible,
- more cut rate,
- more cut-rate,
- more cutrate,
- more papery,
- more rinkydink,
- more ungrounded,
- more unpersuasive,
- most controvertible,
- most cut rate,
- most cut-rate,
- most cutrate,
- most papery,
- most rinkydink,
- most ungrounded,
- most unpersuasive,
- rinkydink,
- un believable,
- un grounded,
- un persuasive,
- un reasonable,
- un satisfactory,
- un sound,
- un sounder,
- un substantial,
- un-believable,
- un-grounded,
- un-persuasive,
- un-reasonable,
- un-satisfactory,
- un-sound,
- un-sounder,
- un-soundest,
- un-substantial.
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hollow
- alveolate,
- clangorous,
- cup-shaped,
- deep-set,
- dimpled,
- incurved,
- reverberant,
- toneless,
- Infundibular,
- Cupped,
- carved out,
- cup shaped,
- cupshaped,
- de pressed,
- de-pressed,
- deep set,
- deepset,
- hypo critical,
- in curved,
- in dented,
- in sincere,
- in sincerer,
- in sincerest,
- in-curved,
- in-dented,
- in-sincere,
- in-sincerer,
- in-sincerest,
- more alveolate,
- more clangorous,
- more cup shaped,
- more cup-shaped,
- more cupped,
- more deep set,
- more deep-set,
- more deepset,
- more dimpled,
- more echoing,
- more excavated,
- more incurved,
- more infundibular,
- more muted,
- more pitted,
- more reverberant,
- more rumbling,
- more sounding,
- more striated,
- more toneless,
- more troughlike,
- more vibrating,
- most cup-shaped,
- most cupped,
- most cupshaped,
- most deep set,
- most deep-set,
- most deepset,
- most dimpled,
- most echoing,
- most excavated,
- most incurved,
- most infundibular,
- most muted,
- most pitted,
- most reverberant,
- most rumbling,
- most sounding,
- most striated,
- most toneless,
- most troughlike,
- most vibrating,
- re sounding,
- re-sounding,
- troughlike,
- un availing,
- un filled,
- un-availing,
- un-filled.
- impalpable
- imperceptible
- insignificant
-
irrelevant
- immaterial,
- out of place,
- not connected with,
- not germane,
- not pertaining to,
- off the point,
- off the topic,
- in appurtenant,
- in apropos,
- in apter,
- in consequent,
- in-appurtenant,
- in-apropos,
- in-apter,
- in-consequent,
- inappurtenant,
- inapropos,
- more garbage,
- more inappurtenant,
- most garbage,
- most inappurtenant,
- most inapropos,
- off point,
- off topic,
- out order,
- out place,
- out side,
- re-mote,
- un apter,
- un aptest,
- un related,
- un-apter,
- un-connected,
- un-related,
- without reference.
- measly
- paltry
- skimpy
- thin
- trivial
-
wee
- itsy-bitsy,
- itty-bitty,
- minuscular,
- pocket-size,
- bitsy,
- bitsier,
- bitsiest,
- ittybitty,
- more itsy bitsy,
- more itsy-bitsy,
- more itsybitsy,
- more itty bitty,
- more ittybitty,
- more pee wee,
- more pee-wee,
- more pocket size,
- more pocketsize,
- most itsy bitsy,
- most itsy-bitsy,
- most itsybitsy,
- most itty bitty,
- most itty-bitty,
- most ittybitty,
- most minuscular,
- most pee wee,
- most pee-wee,
- most pocket size,
- most pocket-size,
- pee wee,
- pee-wee,
- pocket size,
- pocketsize,
- teensy weensy,
- teensyweensy.
- all
- scant/scanty
-
least
- entry-level,
- short end,
- entrylevel,
- micro cosmic,
- micro-cosmic,
- more entry level,
- more entry-level,
- more entrylevel,
- more gutter,
- more microcosmic,
- more nadir,
- more short-end,
- more shortend,
- most entry-level,
- most entrylevel,
- most gutter,
- most microcosmic,
- most nadir,
- most short end,
- most short-end,
- next nothing,
- short-end,
- shortend.
- finespun, fragile
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dainty, delicate; sheer
- fine.
- not strong; light, thin
- empty, hollowed out
- fictitious, invented
- intangible, unsubstantial
- imponderable
- not important; of no consequence
- weak, imaginary
- small in size, amount
-
reduced; mediocre
- low.
- not physical; without physical presence
- very small
- poor; worthless
- in bad shape; poor
- tiny in size, quantity
- important, ample
- weak, thin
-
deficient, weak
- thin.
- of no real worth, value
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Other relevant words
- aery,
- anonymous,
- conceived,
- diaphanous,
- disembodied,
- dwarf,
- fabulous,
- fanciful,
- feigned,
- formless,
- half-pint,
- hypothetical,
- illusory,
- imaginary,
- immaterial,
- impalpable,
- imperceptible,
- inessential,
- insensible,
- invisible,
- marginal,
- meager,
- mini,
- nameless,
- obscure,
- petite,
- pint-size,
- reported,
- slender,
- supposed,
- supposititious,
- tenuous,
- theoretical,
- thin,
- unessential,
- unknown,
- unnoticeable,
- unsound,
- untrue,
- unwholesome,
- vaporous,
- visionary,
- Discarnate,
- Picayunish,
- uncelebrated,
- little bitty.
- Other antonyms
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