English adjective: insubstantial | |||
1. | insubstantial lacking material form or substance; unreal | ||
Samples | As insubstantial as a dream. An insubstantial mirage on the horizon. | ||
Synonyms | unreal, unsubstantial | ||
Similar | aerial, aeriform, aery, airy, ethereal, shadowy, stringy, wraithlike | ||
See also | immaterial, nonmaterial | ||
Attribute | solidness, substantiality, substantialness | ||
Antonyms | substantial, material, real | ||
2. | insubstantial lacking in nutritive value | ||
Samples | The jejune diets of the very poor. | ||
Synonyms | jejune | ||
Similar | unwholesome | ||
Antonyms | wholesome | ||