Main entry: substantive, essential
Definition: defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established
Usage: substantive law
Antonyms: procedural, adjective
Definition: relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law
Main entry: substantial, substantive
Definition: having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable
Usage: substantial equivalents
Antonyms: inessential, nonessential
Definition: anything that is not essential
Antonyms: unessential, inessential
Definition: not basic or fundamental
Main entry: meaty, substantive
Definition: being on topic and prompting thought
Usage: a meaty discussion
Antonyms: nonmeaningful, meaningless
Definition: having no meaning or direction or purpose