substance

substance
noun
1 material
ADJECTIVE
addictive, cancer-causing (esp. AmE), carcinogenic, dangerous, harmful, hazardous, noxious, poisonous, radioactive, toxic
harmless, innocuous

Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.

banned, controlled, illegal, illicit, prohibited
hallucinogenic, mind-altering, psychedelic, psychoactive, psychotropic
performance-enhancing
natural

a natural substance found in the body of animals

synthetic
chemical
inorganic, organic
pure
soluble, volatile
active, inactive, inert
crystalline, fatty, gooey (informal), oily, powdery, slimy, sticky, viscous, waxy
medicinal
foreign, unknown

foreign substances that contaminated the experiments

a bag full of some unknown substance

material

the material substance of which we are made

VERB + SUBSTANCE
use
abuse
contain
produce

Some frogs produce toxic substances in their skin.

take

The athletes had taken banned substances.

SUBSTANCE + NOUN
use
abuse
2 important content
ADJECTIVE
real

The real substance of the report was in the third part.

added

His disappearance has given added substance to the argument that he stole the money.

VERB + SUBSTANCE
have

The image of him that the media have presented has no substance.

add, give sth, lend sth

The letters lent substance to the claims.

lack
PREPOSITION
in substance

There's no difference in substance between the two points of view.

of substance

Nothing of substance was achieved at the meeting.

with substance

lyrics with substance

without substance

Their allegations were without substance.

substance in

There's no substance in the story.

substance of

the substance of the evidence against him

substance to

There was little substance to his claims.


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