Substantive /(?)/

Sub·stan·tive

Substantive

Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
Depending on itself; independent.
He considered how sufficient and substantive this land was to maintain itself without any aid of the foreigner.
— Bacon.
Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
Strength and magnitude are qualities which impress the imagination in a powerful and substantive manner.
— Hazlitt.
Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.

Noun substantive: a noun which designates an object, material or immaterial; a substantive.
Substantive color: one which communicates its color without the aid of a mordant or base; -- opposed to adjective color.

A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives. (Gram.)

v. t.