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material

/məˈtɪɹ.i.əl/noun, adjective4 syllables

Material means: having material or physical form or substance.

Synonyms for material21

noun, as in artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

fabric, cloth, textile

noun, as in the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

stuff

adjective, as in having material or physical form or substance

corporeal, bodily, bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate, reincarnate

adjective, as in concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

worldly, secular, temporal

adjective, as in derived from or composed of matter

physical, substantial, real

adjective, as in having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary

substantial, real

adjective, as in directly relevant to a matter especially a law case

crucial

adjective, as in concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being

physical

also used for material

raw material, appoint

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of material

immaterial

What does material mean?11

adjective

1

having material or physical form or substance“that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible”

2

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests“material possessions”

3

derived from or composed of matter“the material universe”

4

having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary“the substantial world”

5

directly relevant to a matter especially a law case“his support made a material difference”

6

concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being“material needs”

noun

1

artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers“the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent”

2

the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object“coal is a hard black material”

3

information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form“the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography”

4

things needed for doing or making something“writing materials”

5

a person judged suitable for admission or employment“he was university material”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with material?7

three syllables

serialcereal

four syllables

imperialbacterialarterialethereal

five syllables

managerial
Show 40 near rhymes
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Material in a sentence

  • The armored glass is made of a super-resistant material, distributed in layers.mervert1
  • This mountain is composed of molasse, which is partly covered by moraine material.spiritofwonder
  • Studies say that true happiness comes from giving back, not from material things.patgfisher
  • Most of the time, parents give in to their children's requests for material goods.Nuel
  • As the astronaut walked into the translucent pod, it transformed into an opaque material.CM
  • Those are material concerns, which no longer affect me.rul
  • This is a flammable material, so be careful.frpzzd
  • In materials science, asperity refers to the unevenness, roughness or ruggedness of a material.vyqsaeqq

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of material

as a noun

plural
materials