a man of substance

man of substance — noun a man who has wealth and high office …   Australian English dictionary

man of substance — owner, one who has possessions or property …   English contemporary dictionary

(a) man of substance — a man/woman/person/of substance literary phrase someone with a large amount of money or property Thesaurus: people who are richhyponym poor …   Useful english dictionary

substance — noun a) Physical matter; material. A man of substance. b) The essential part of anything; the most vital part. substance abuse See Also: stand under, subsist, substantial, substantive …   Wiktionary

man of means — n rich man, wealthy man, moneyed man, man of wealth, man of substance, nabob, nawab, moneybags, Brit. Inf. warm man, Sl. fat cat; millionaire, multimillionaire, billionaire; sugar daddy; plutocrat, capitalist …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

man of means — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wealthy man, rich man, man of substance, capitalist, tycoon; see also financier , millionaire …   English dictionary for students

Man — • Includes sections on the nature of man, the origin of man, and the end of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Man     Man     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

SUBSTANCE — Une idée reçue particulièrement tenace occupe le devant de la scène philosophique depuis l’époque du positivisme d’Auguste Comte, c’est à dire depuis plus d’un siècle: l’idée selon laquelle la métaphysique serait morte avec Kant, à la fin du… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

SUBSTANCE AND ACCIDENT — (Heb. עֶצֶם and מִקְרֶה respectively). According to Aristotle (Categories, ch. 5, Metaphysics, 5:8), substance is that which is neither predicable of a subject nor present in a subject, e.g., the individual man or horse; accident, something which …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

Substance — • A genus supremum, cannot strictly be defined by an analysis into genus and specific difference; yet a survey of the universe at large will enable us to form without difficulty an accurate idea of substance Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

Substance theory — Substance theory, or substance attribute theory, is an ontological theory about objecthood, positing that a substance is distinct from its properties. Substance is a core concept of ontology and metaphysics. Indeed, philosophies may be divided… …   Wikipedia