Antonyms for matter
ˈmæt ərmat·ter

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1. matternoun

   Synonyms:
   material, substance, stuff

2. matternoun

   To be important.

   Synonyms:
   stuff, substance, material

3. matternoun

   Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles. (Non-antimatter matter).

   Synonyms:
   material, stuff, substance

4. matternoun

   A kind of substance.

   vegetable matter

   Synonyms:
   material, substance, stuff

5. matternoun

   A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.

   Synonyms:
   material, substance, stuff

6. matternoun

   An approximate amount or extent.

   a matter of months; a matter of knowledge.

   Synonyms:
   material, substance, stuff

7. matternoun

   Written material (especially in books or magazines)

   He always took some reading matter with him on the plane

   Synonyms:
   substance, stuff, material

8. matternoun

   Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.

   Synonyms:
   stuff, substance, material

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. matter

   A topic (Greek topos, place) is a head of discourse. Since a topic for discussion is often stated in the form of a question, question has come to be extensively used to denote a debatable topic, especially of a practical nature — an issue; as, the labor question; the temperance question. In deliberative assemblies a proposition presented or moved for acceptance is called a motion, and such a motion or other matter for consideration is known as the question, since it is or may be stated in interrogative form to be answered by each member with a vote of "aye" or "no;" a member is required to speak to the question; the chairman puts the question. In speaking or writing the general subject or theme may be termed the topic, tho it is more usual to apply the latter term to the subordinate divisions, points, or heads of discourse; as, to enlarge on this topic would carry me too far from my subject; a pleasant drive will suggest many topics for conversation.

   Synonyms:
   division, head, issue, motion, point, proposition, question, subject, theme, topic

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. matter

   Antonyms:
   immateriality, spirituality, mind, intellect, spirit, the invisible, unseen, spiritual, moral, mental, intellectual

   Synonyms:
   substance, stuff, subject, body, importance, the visible, tangible, substantial, corporal, physical, ponderable

Matched Categories

1. • Concern
   • Consequence
   • Trouble

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 8 votes

1. matter, affair, thingnoun

   a vaguely specified concern

   "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"

   Synonyms:
   issue, liaison, affaire, affair, thing, topic, intimacy, function, social occasion, social function, amour, subject, involvement, occasion

2. topic, subject, issue, matternoun

   some situation or event that is thought about

   "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

   Synonyms:
   topic, effect, progeny, field of study, issuing, case, government issue, issuance, takings, theme, consequence, take, thing, subject area, result, study, event, upshot, return, subject, bailiwick, offspring, military issue, depicted object, egress, outlet, subject field, exit, national, discipline, number, yield, emergence, outcome, way out, affair, issue, payoff, field, proceeds, publication, content, guinea pig

3. matternoun

   that which has mass and occupies space

   "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"

   Synonyms:
   affair, issue, thing, topic, subject

4. matternoun

   a problem

   "is anything the matter?"

   Synonyms:
   affair, issue, thing, topic, subject

5. matternoun

   (used with negation) having consequence

   "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"

   Synonyms:
   affair, issue, thing, topic, subject

6. matterverb

   written works (especially in books or magazines)

   "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"

   Synonyms:
   affair, issue, thing, topic, subject

7. count, matter, weighverb

   have weight; have import, carry weight

   "It does not matter much"

   Synonyms:
   librate, press, number, look, count, reckon, enumerate, numerate, depend, consider, weigh, bet, calculate

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. matternoun

   Synonyms:
   substance, material, body, essence, pith, embodiment, elements, importance, significance, moment, consequence, weight, materiality, pus, purulence, manuscript, copy

   Associated words:
   material, immaterial, materiality, immateriality, atom, molecule, chemistry, hylism, hylotheism, hylopathism, hylogenesis, materialism, physics, somatics, somatology

2. matterverb

   Synonyms:
   import, signify, be of importance, maturate, suppurate

How to use matter in a sentence?

1. Bernie Sanders:

   This proposal will make it possible for every person in America to get a college education no matter what their financial situation, we will make a full and complete education a fundamental right.

2. Samuel Botros:

   What I have seen today I will never forget for as long as I live, no matter how long it takes, the son always returns to the mother.

3. White House:

   This was a risk that Joe Biden wanted to take, it’s important to him to show up, even when it’s hard, and he directed his team to make it happen, no matter how challenging the logistics.

4. Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic:

   I can't step down as it would mean I'm guilty and accept false accusations against me. I want to respond to it in the parliament which approved me as prime minister. It is a matter of honor.

5. Zuo Jianlong:

   Lots of people online have talked about plagiarism, but it seems from the legal side that the matter is quite clear - at root there is no plagiaristic behavior, if you put the two films side-by-side to compare them, then you will know they are completely different.

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