providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"
fairly large; "won by a substantial margin"
of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings"
having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare
being the essence or essential element of a thing; "substantial equivalents"; "substantive information"
fairly large
having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
having a firm basis in reality and being therefore important, meaningful, or considerable
