substantially
/səbˈstanʃ(ə)li
/adverb
1To a great or significant extent: profits grew substantially [as submodifier]: substantially higher pension costs...
- We would like to think that we can grow the business substantially.
- These have been set up in a small way now but they can grow substantially.
- However, all the evidence suggests that a modest sum can grow substantially if invested wisely over a long period.
Synonyms
considerably, significantly, greatly, a great deal, to a great extent, to a large extent, to a marked extent, markedly, appreciably
2For the most part; essentially: things will remain substantially the same over the next ten years...
- Although it has remained substantially unaltered since construction, it is now in need of restoration.
- This procedure has remained substantially unchanged for half a century.
- Further aft, the wreck is substantially flattened, but some structure remains.
Synonyms
largely, for the most part, by and large, on the whole, almost entirely, in the main, mainly, in effect, in essence, essentially, materially, basically, fundamentally, to all intents and purposes, to a great degree
- tool
- toolbar
- toolbox
- tooler
- toolie
- tooling
- toolkit
- toolmaker
- toolmaking
- tool post
- tool pusher
- toolset
- toolshed
- tool shed
- tool steel
- tooltip
- too many chiefs and not enough Indians
- too many cooks spoil the broth
- too much
- too much of a good thing
- toon
- toonen
- toon-en’
- to one's bones (or to the bone)
- to one's credit