WORD FAMILYnounsubstancesubstantiationsubstantiveadjectivesubstantial ≠ insubstantialsubstantiveverbsubstantiateadverbsubstantially
1formal not solid, large, strong, or definite: The evidence seemed very insubstantial. an insubstantial meal the insubstantial outline of a ship2literary not existing as a real object or person: insubstantial ghosts