Material

//məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl//

Synonyms for "material" (421 found)

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Closest matches (85)

Strong matches (126)

Related words (210)

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Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(2 words)

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Translations

247 translations across 76 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • materiaal noun (matter)

Albanian

2 entries
  • lëndor noun (matter)
  • material noun (matter)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ὑλικός adj (related to matter)
  • ὕλη noun (matter)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مَادِّيّ adj (related to matter)
  • مَادِّيّ adj (worldly)
  • مَادَّة noun (matter)

Armenian

4 entries
  • էական adj (significant)
  • կարեւոր adj (significant)
  • նյութական adj (related to matter)
  • նյութական adj (worldly)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • maddə noun (matter)
  • material noun (matter)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • матэрыя́льны adj (related to matter)
  • матэрыя́л noun (matter)

Bengali

1 entries
  • উপাদান noun (matter)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • важен adj (significant)
  • веществен adj (related to matter)
  • материален adj (related to matter)
  • светски adj (worldly)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပစ္စည်း noun (matter)

Catalan

3 entries
  • material adj (related to matter)
  • material adj (worldly)
  • material noun (matter)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • noun (cloth)
  • 材料 noun (matter)
  • 物質 /物质 noun (matter)
  • 資料 /资料 noun (text)

Czech

4 entries
  • hmotný adj (worldly)
  • materiální adj (worldly)
  • materiálový adj (related to matter)
  • materiál noun (matter)

Danish

4 entries
  • materiel adj (related to matter)
  • materiel adj (worldly)
  • materiale noun (matter)
  • materiale noun (text)

Dari

1 entries
  • مَادَّه noun (matter)

Dutch

4 entries
  • materieel adj (related to matter)
  • materieel adj (worldly)
  • materiële adj (related to matter)
  • materiële adj (worldly)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • materia adj (related to matter)
  • materialo noun (matter)
  • ŝtofo noun (cloth)

Estonian

1 entries
  • materjal noun (matter)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aineellinen adj (related to matter)
  • maallinen adj (worldly)
  • materiaalinen adj (related to matter)
  • materiaalinen adj (worldly)

French

4 entries
  • matériel adj (worldly)
  • documentation noun (related data of various kinds collected as the basis for a document or book)
  • matière noun (matter)
  • matériau noun (matter)

Galician

4 entries
  • material adj (related to matter)
  • material adj (worldly)
  • significativo adj (significant)
  • material noun (matter)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მასალა noun (matter)

German

4 entries
  • materiell adj (related to matter)
  • materiell adj (worldly)
  • Material noun (matter)
  • Material noun (text)

Greek

4 entries
  • καίριος adj (significant)
  • ουσιώδης adj (significant)
  • υλικός adj (related to matter)
  • υλικός adj (worldly)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • חֹמֶר noun (matter)
  • חֹמֶר noun (text)
  • חומר noun (matter)
  • חומר noun (text)

Hindi

1 entries
  • सामग्री noun (matter)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • anyagi adj (related to matter)
  • anyagi adj (worldly)
  • materiális adj (worldly)
  • anyag noun (matter)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • efni noun (matter)

Ido

2 entries
  • materiala adj (related to matter)
  • materio noun (matter)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • bahan noun (matter)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • materiala noun (matter)
  • materiala noun (text)
  • materiala noun (sample or specimens for study)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • مادِّه noun (matter)
  • مَطْلَب noun (text)

Irish

4 entries
  • ábhartha adj (related to matter)
  • ábhartha adj (worldly)
  • ábhartha adj (significant)
  • damhna noun (matter)

Italian

4 entries
  • materiale adj (related to matter)
  • materiale adj (worldly)
  • materiale noun (matter)
  • materiale noun (sample or specimens for study)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 人材 noun (people suited for an activity)
  • noun (cloth)
  • 材料 noun (matter)
  • 物質 noun (matter)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • материал noun (matter)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សម្ភារៈ noun (matter)

Korean

4 entries
  • 물질 noun (matter)
  • 인재 noun (people suited for an activity)
  • 자료 noun (text)
  • 재료 noun (matter)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • материал noun (matter)

Lao

1 entries
  • ວັດສະດຸ noun (matter)

Latin

3 entries
  • corporeus adj (related to matter)
  • māteria noun (matter)
  • verba scriptoris noun (text)

Latvian

1 entries
  • materiāls noun (matter)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • medžiaga noun (matter)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Material noun (matter)
  • Material noun (text)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • материја́лен adj (related to matter)
  • материја́л noun (matter)

Malay

1 entries
  • bahan noun (matter)

Middle English

4 entries
  • beestly adj (related to matter)
  • bestial adj (related to matter)
  • material adj (related to matter)
  • material adj (worldly)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • даавуу noun (cloth)
  • материал noun (matter)

Māori

3 entries
  • ōkiko adj (related to matter)
  • matū noun (matter)
  • papanga noun (cloth)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • materiell adj (related to matter)
  • materiell adj (worldly)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • materiale noun (matter)
  • stoff noun (text)
  • stoff noun (cloth)
  • tøy noun (cloth)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • materiale noun (matter)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • adbar noun (matter)

Persian

1 entries
  • مادی adj (worldly)

Polish

4 entries
  • materialny adj (related to matter)
  • materialny adj (worldly)
  • materiał noun (matter)
  • materiał noun (cloth)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • material adj (related to matter)
  • material adj (worldly)
  • significativo adj (significant)
  • terreno adj (worldly)

Romanian

4 entries
  • material adj (related to matter)
  • material adj (worldly)
  • material noun (matter)
  • material noun (text)

Russian

4 entries
  • ва́жный adj (significant)
  • мате́риа́льный adj (related to matter)
  • мате́риа́льный adj (worldly)
  • вещество́ noun (matter)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • adhbhar noun (matter)
  • adhbhar noun (cloth)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • materìjāl noun (matter)
  • матерѝја̄л noun (matter)

Slovak

1 entries
  • materiál noun (matter)

Slovene

1 entries
  • material noun (matter)

Spanish

4 entries
  • material adj (related to matter)
  • material adj (worldly)
  • significativo adj (significant)
  • material noun (matter)

Swedish

4 entries
  • compounds with materia c and material adj (related to matter)
  • materiell adj (related to matter)
  • materiell adj (worldly)
  • världslig adj (worldly)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • materyal noun (matter)

Tajik

2 entries
  • материал noun (matter)
  • модда noun (matter)

Thai

1 entries
  • วัสดุ noun (matter)

Turkish

2 entries
  • madde noun (matter)
  • malzeme noun (matter)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • material noun (matter)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • матеріа́льний adj (related to matter)
  • матеріа́л noun (matter)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مادَّہ noun (matter)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ماتېرىيال noun (matter)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • material noun (matter)
  • modda noun (matter)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • vật chất noun (matter)

Volapük

1 entries
  • stöfik adj (related to matter)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • materiaal noun (matter)

Sample sentences

43 total sentences available.

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Another interesting source of energy is the heat that can be recovered from radioactive waste material.

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It is best to review the material before the presentation.

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This is an argument material to the question in hand.

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This is a crude material imported from Malaysia.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.