The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NOUNS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1975.
Substantives crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NOUNS | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Substantives
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- substantial
- meaningful
- essential
- meaty
- in essence
- nexus
- attributives
- substantival
- participles
- adjectives
- attributive
- adjectival
Crossword Answer definitions
NOUNS noun- (grammar, narrow sense) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
- (grammar, now rare, broad sense) Either a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality or idea, or a word that modifies or describes a previous word or its referent; a substantive or adjective, sometimes also including other parts of speech such as numeral or pronoun.
- To convert a word to a noun.
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