Substance may refer to:

  • Matter, anything that has mass and takes up space

Chemistry

  • Substance (chemistry), a material with a definite chemical composition
  • Drug, a chemical agent affecting an organism

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

  • Substance, a 2002 album by Blank & Jones
  • Substance (Joy Division album), 1988
  • Substance 1987, a New Order album
  • "Substance", a song by Haste the Day on the album Burning Bridges
  • "Substance" (song), a 2022 song by Demi Lovato
  • "Substance", a 2000 dance track by Blu Peter

Other media

  • The Substance, 2024 film
  • SubStance, an interdisciplinary journal on literature published by the University of Wisconsin Press
  • Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance, an update of the video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Religion and philosophy

  • Dravya, a term used in Jainism to refer a substance
  • Ousia, term for substance in ancient Greek philosophy and Christian theology
  • Substance theory, an ontological theory positing that a substance is distinct from its properties

Software

  • Substance 3D Modeler, software from Adobe for 3D content creation

See also

  • Substance use (disambiguation)
  • Substance control (disambiguation)
  • Substantial (rapper)