Matter

//ˈmæt.ə//

Synonyms for "matter" (350 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (105)

crux cut ice cut some ice data datum dead matter detail difficulty dilemma disadvantage discharge distillate distillation document doing down-to-earth draft draught draughtsman draughty

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Noun(1 words)

issue

Related words (175)

lucubration lymph magnitude main point mainspring manuscript marrow mass material world materiality matter in hand mattering mean meaning meaningfulness measure measurement meat medium milk

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minor detail minutia minutiae molecule moment monad motif motive ms mucor mucus natural world nature neighborhood nonfiction nub nubbin numbers object occasion occupation occurrence opus order original paper parchment particular peccant humor peck of troubles penscript phlegm physical world piece piece of writing pith play plenum poem point point at issue point in question predicament principle printed matter printout problem proceeding production project purport purpose purulence pus puzzle quandary quantity quantum question quintessence range rankle rankling reading matter reason recension regard respect rheum ripen rubric run running sake saliva sanies sap score screed scrip script scrive scroll sea of troubles second draft sense serous fluid serum service significance signification situation snot soul source spirit spring stand out standing matter star strength stroke subject subject matter subject of thought substratum sum sum and substance suppurate suppuration sweat tangible tear teardrop tell text the four elements the whites the written word theme thing to-do transaction transcript transcription trouble tune typescript ulterior motive undertaking unit of being upset upshot urine version vicinity vocation water weep weigh weight whole work worry writing

Noun(8 words)

materia material purpose stuff subject substance thing topic

Verb(2 words)

signify weigh

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

15 entries

be cognitive content concern consequence content exist import mental object moment physical entity piece of writing problem trouble writing written material

Antonyms

3 entries

energy nothing space

Synonyms

6 entries

count material signify stuff substance topic

at location

1 entries

universe

capable of

1 entries

exert force on other matter

derived

108 entries

Matter of Britain a little matter a matter a small matter all lives matter another matter anti-matter as a matter of fact as a matter of factly as a matter of law back matter back-matter baryonic dark matter baryonic matter biomatter black lives matter

Showing 16 of 108 words.

distinct from

1 entries

energy

has a

3 entries

mass no electrical charge three states

has context

3 entries

outside dialects philosophy physics

has property

3 entries

gaseous liquid solid

is a

8 entries

anything book concern consequence energy tangible thing trouble writing

made of

3 entries

elements molecules particles

receives action

3 entries

affected by electrical charge converted into energy converted to energy

related to

112 entries

abscess affair all material all objects all stuff all things amount antimatter antiparticles anything approximate aristotelian atoms basic basic substance big bang

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Translations

367 translations across 108 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

saakmaak verb (to be important)

Albanian

2 entries

lëndë noun (basic structural component of the universe)
rëndësi verb (to be important)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

πρᾶγμα noun (reason for concern)
πρᾶγμα noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
ὕλη noun (basic structural component of the universe)
ὕλη noun (kind of substance)

Arabic

4 entries

أَمْر noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
أَمْر noun (cause)
جِسْم noun (non-antimatter matter)
قَضِيَّة noun (reason for concern)

Armenian

1 entries

նյութ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Assamese

1 entries

পদাৰ্থ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

maddə noun (basic structural component of the universe)
materiya noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Bangi

1 entries

zambi noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)

Bashkir

1 entries

матдә noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Belarusian

4 entries

матэ́рыя noun (basic structural component of the universe)
пыта́нне noun (reason for concern)
пыта́ньне noun (reason for concern)
рэ́чыва noun (kind of substance)

Bengali

1 entries

পদার্থ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Bihari

1 entries

पदार्थ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Bulgarian

3 entries

вещество́ noun (kind of substance)
мате́рия noun (basic structural component of the universe)
имам значение verb (to be important)

Burmese

1 entries

ဒြပ် noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Catalan

4 entries

assumpte noun (reason for concern)
causa noun (cause)
matèria noun (basic structural component of the universe)
matèria noun (non-antimatter matter)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

ماکە noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Chinese

1 entries

物質 /物质 noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

物質 /物质 noun (basic structural component of the universe)
緊要 /紧要 verb (to be important)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

事 noun (reason for concern)
事 noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
事件 noun (reason for concern)
事情 noun (reason for concern)

Czech

4 entries

důvod noun (cause)
hmota noun (basic structural component of the universe)
hmota noun (kind of substance)
látka noun (kind of substance)

Danish

1 entries

stof noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Dari

1 entries

مَادَّه noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Doteli

1 entries

पदार्थ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Dutch

4 entries

materie noun (basic structural component of the universe)
stof noun (kind of substance)
belangrijk zijn verb (to be important)
er toe doen verb (to be important)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

物質 /物质 noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Esperanto

4 entries

afero noun (reason for concern)
afero noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
materio noun (basic structural component of the universe)
materio noun (non-antimatter matter)

Estonian

1 entries

aine noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Farefare

2 entries

yelle noun (reason for concern)
yelle noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)

Finnish

4 entries

aihe noun (cause)
aine noun (basic structural component of the universe)
aine noun (non-antimatter matter)
aine noun (kind of substance)

French

4 entries

affaire noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
cause noun (cause)
matière noun (basic structural component of the universe)
matière noun (non-antimatter matter)

Galician

2 entries

materia noun (basic structural component of the universe)
importar verb (to be important)

Georgian

1 entries

მატერია noun (basic structural component of the universe)

German

4 entries

Angelegenheit noun (reason for concern)
Angelegenheit noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
Anlass noun (cause)
Masse noun (kind of substance)

Greek

1 entries

ύλη noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Gujarati

3 entries

પદાર્થ noun (basic structural component of the universe)
બાબત noun (reason for concern)
વાત noun (reason for concern)

Hebrew

4 entries

חומר \ חֹמֶר noun (basic structural component of the universe)
חומר \ חֹמֶר noun (non-antimatter matter)
חומר \ חֹמֶר noun (kind of substance)
נוֹשֵׂא noun (reason for concern)

Hindi

4 entries

कारण noun (reason for concern)
कारण noun (cause)
पदार्थ noun (basic structural component of the universe)
पदार्थ noun (non-antimatter matter)

Hungarian

4 entries

anyag noun (basic structural component of the universe)
anyag noun (non-antimatter matter)
anyag noun (kind of substance)
baj noun (reason for concern)

Hunsrik

1 entries

Materje noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Icelandic

1 entries

efni noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Ido

1 entries

importar verb (to be important)

Indonesian

1 entries

materi noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Interlingua

1 entries

importar verb (to be important)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

مادِّه noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Irish

4 entries

damhna noun (basic structural component of the universe)
damhna noun (non-antimatter matter)
damhna noun (kind of substance)
ábhar noun (kind of substance)

Italian

4 entries

argomento noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
causa noun (cause)
faccenda noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
materia noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Japanese

4 entries

こと noun (reason for concern)
事 noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
事件 noun (reason for concern)
問題 noun (reason for concern)

Kannada

1 entries

ದ್ರವ್ಯ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Kazakh

3 entries

зат noun (basic structural component of the universe)
зат noun (non-antimatter matter)
материя noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Khmer

4 entries

រូបធាតុ noun (basic structural component of the universe)
វត្ថុ noun (basic structural component of the universe)
វត្ថុ noun (non-antimatter matter)
វត្ថុ noun (kind of substance)

Korean

4 entries

문제 noun (reason for concern)
물질 noun (basic structural component of the universe)
물질 noun (non-antimatter matter)
물질 noun (kind of substance)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

иш noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
материя noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Lao

2 entries

ທາດ noun (basic structural component of the universe)
ສະສານ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Latin

4 entries

causa noun (cause)
fabula noun (reason for concern)
fabula noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
materia noun (non-antimatter matter)

Latvian

1 entries

matērija noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Lingala

1 entries

zambi noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)

Lithuanian

1 entries

materija noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Macedonian

1 entries

материја noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Maithili

1 entries

पदार्थ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Malay

1 entries

jirim noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Malayalam

1 entries

ദ്രവ്യം noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)

Marathi

1 entries

पदार्थ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Middle English

1 entries

matere noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Mongolian

2 entries

бодис noun (basic structural component of the universe)
матери noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Māori

4 entries

kaupapa noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
kiko noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
matū noun (basic structural component of the universe)
matū noun (kind of substance)

Nepali

1 entries

पदार्थ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Newar

1 entries

पदार्थ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

made noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

stoff noun (basic structural component of the universe)
ha betydning verb (to be important)
spille en rolle verb (to be important)
telle verb (to be important)

Odia

1 entries

ପଦାର୍ଥ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Old English

2 entries

andweorc noun (basic structural component of the universe)
mǣnan verb (to be important)

Old Irish

1 entries

adbar noun (kind of substance)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

امر noun (reason for concern)
امر noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)

Pashto

1 entries

ماده noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Sach noun (reason for concern)
Sach noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)

Polish

3 entries

materia noun (basic structural component of the universe)
sprawa noun (reason for concern)
mieć znaczenie verb (to be important)

Portuguese

4 entries

assunto noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
matéria noun (basic structural component of the universe)
matéria noun (non-antimatter matter)
matéria noun (kind of substance)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਪਦਾਰਥ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Romanian

4 entries

cauză noun (cause)
chestiune noun (reason for concern)
chestiune noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
fond noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)

Russian

4 entries

вещество́ noun (non-antimatter matter)
вещество́ noun (kind of substance)
вопро́с noun (reason for concern)
де́ло noun (reason for concern)

Sanskrit

1 entries

द्रव्यम् noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

is coma verb (to be important)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

màtērija noun (basic structural component of the universe)
màtērija noun (kind of substance)
pítānje noun (reason for concern)
tvȃr noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Sinhalese

1 entries

පදාර්ථය noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Slovak

1 entries

hmota noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Slovene

4 entries

materija noun (basic structural component of the universe)
materija noun (non-antimatter matter)
snov noun (basic structural component of the universe)
tvar noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Spanish

4 entries

asunto noun (reason for concern)
asunto noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
cuestión noun (reason for concern)
cuestión noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)

Swedish

4 entries

angelägenhet noun (reason for concern)
fråga noun (reason for concern)
materia noun (basic structural component of the universe)
materia noun (non-antimatter matter)

Tagalog

3 entries

butang noun (basic structural component of the universe)
butang noun (non-antimatter matter)
likhatas noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Tajik

2 entries

материя noun (basic structural component of the universe)
модда noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Tamil

2 entries

பொருள் noun (basic structural component of the universe)
தேவையான verb (to be important)

Tatar

2 entries

матдә noun (basic structural component of the universe)
материя noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Telugu

1 entries

పదార్థము noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Thai

4 entries

ธาตุ noun (basic structural component of the universe)
วัตถุ noun (kind of substance)
สสาร noun (basic structural component of the universe)
สสาร noun (non-antimatter matter)

Tibetan

1 entries

དངོས་པོ noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Turkish

1 entries

madde noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Turkmen

1 entries

materiýa noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Ukrainian

4 entries

мате́рія noun (basic structural component of the universe)
мате́рія noun (kind of substance)
пита́ння noun (reason for concern)
речовина́ noun (kind of substance)

Urdu

3 entries

بات noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
مادَّہ noun (basic structural component of the universe)
مُعامَلَہ noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)

Uyghur

2 entries

ماتېرىيە noun (basic structural component of the universe)
ماددا noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Uzbek

2 entries

materiya noun (basic structural component of the universe)
modda noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Vietnamese

4 entries

việc noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
vật chất noun (basic structural component of the universe)
vật chất noun (non-antimatter matter)
vật chất noun (kind of substance)

West-Frisian

4 entries

matearje noun (basic structural component of the universe)
matearje noun (non-antimatter matter)
matearje noun (kind of substance)
saak noun (reason for concern)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

物質 /物质 noun (basic structural component of the universe)

Yiddish

3 entries

מאַטעריע noun (basic structural component of the universe)
ענין noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
אויסמאַכן verb (to be important)

Yoruba

1 entries

ọrọ̀ noun (reason for concern)

Zulu

3 entries

indaba noun (reason for concern)
indaba noun (situation, condition, subject or affair)
udaba class 11/10 noun (reason for concern)

Sample sentences

35 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"What's the matter?" asked the little white rabbit.

Source: tatoeba (1507)

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this matter.

Source: tatoeba (2106)

Never lose sight of the importance of a beautiful sunrise, or watching your kids sleep, or the smell of rain. It's often the small things that really matter in life.

Source: tatoeba (2280)

You have no business complaining about the matter.

Source: tatoeba (16588)

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Matter

Synonyms for "matter" (350 found)

Closest matches (70)

Strong matches (105)

Related words (175)

Related word relations

More general

Antonyms

Synonyms

at location

capable of

derived

distinct from

has a

has context

has property

is a

made of

receives action

related to

Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Assamese

Azerbaijani

Bangi

Bashkir

Belarusian

Bengali

Bihari

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Danish

Dari

Doteli

Dutch

Eastern Min Chinese

Esperanto

Estonian

Farefare

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Gujarati

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Hunsrik

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kannada

Kazakh

Khmer

Korean

Kyrgyz

Lao

Latin

Latvian

Lingala

Lithuanian

Macedonian

Maithili