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SUBSTANTIATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does substantiative mean?
• SUBSTANTIATIVE (adjective)
The adjective SUBSTANTIATIVE has 1 sense:
1. serving to support or corroborate
Familiarity information: SUBSTANTIATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Serving to support or corroborate
Synonyms:
collateral; confirmative; confirmatory; confirming; corroborative; corroboratory; substantiating; substantiative; validating; validatory; verificatory; verifying
Context example:
collateral evidence
Similar:
supportive (furnishing support or assistance)
Derivation:
substantiate (establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts)
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