Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "matter" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

energy nothing space

Typical Location

universe

Capable Of

exert force on other matter

Derived Terms

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 blue lives matter body matter bymatter cold dark matter condensed matter condensed matter physicist condensed matter physics dark matter degenerate matter dry matter end matter fact of the matter faecal matter fecal matter for that matter front matter front-matter fæcal matter gray matter grey matter hot dark matter inscribed matter it doesn't matter it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right let the matter drop light matter magmatter matter at hand matter of course matter of fact matter of law matter of life and death matter of life or death matter of record matter of time matter painting matter-of-fact matter-of-factish matter-of-factly matter-of-factness matterative matterful matterless matterlike matternet mattersome matterwave mattery mind over matter mirror matter neutron matter neutron-degenerate matter no laughing matter no matter no matter how one slices it no matter that no matter what non-baryonic dark matter nonmatter organic matter overmatter particulate matter phase of matter police lives matter printed matter programmable matter proto-matter protomatter quark matter shadow matter some little matter some small matter starmatter state of matter strange matter strange quark matter strongly symmetric matter subject matter subject matter jurisdiction subject-matter take matters into one's own hands take the matter into one's own hands thank you for your attention to this matter upon the matter upon the whole matter warm dark matter weakly symmetric matter what does it matter what is the matter what's the matter white lives matter white matter

Distinct From

energy

Has Part

mass no electrical charge three states

Context

outside dialects philosophy physics

Has Property

gaseous liquid solid

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

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

Type Of (IsA)

anything book concern consequence energy tangible thing trouble writing

Made Of

elements molecules particles

Receives Action

affected by electrical charge converted into energy converted to energy

Related Terms

abscess affair all material all objects all stuff all things amount antimatter antiparticles anything approximate aristotelian atoms basic basic substance big bang block brain building building block care change compose compose everything comprised comprised of concern condition dark dark matter dark stuff development electrons everything everything everywhere everywhere evolution extent fact form formlessness foundation gas gas or general general material gray gray brain importance important important thing in universe liquid liquid or little little matter mass mass and material maturate mind mind over molecules most objects of fact of opinion opinion over particles phase diagram physical physical foundation physical stuff physics physics term potentiality protons protons electrons pus put put together science science term scientific scientific term slightly small matter solid solid liquid solid stuff solid substance some little matter some small matter somewhat space space material states stuff subject substance term three three states together undeveloped universe volume weight what what most whats

Synonym Network

count material signify stuff substance topic

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