1. (noun)matter, affair, thing a vaguely specified concern Synonyms: issue, liaison, affaire, affair, thing, topic, intimacy, function, social occasion, social function, matter, amour, subject, involvement, occasion
2. (noun)topic, subject, issue, matter some situation or event that is thought about Synonyms: topic, effect, progeny, matter, 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. (noun)matter that which has mass and occupies space Synonyms: affair, issue, thing, topic, subject
4. (noun)matter a problem Synonyms: affair, issue, thing, topic, subject
5. (noun)matter (used with negation) having consequence Synonyms: affair, issue, thing, topic, subject
6. (verb)matter written works (especially in books or magazines) Synonyms: affair, issue, thing, topic, subject
7. (verb)count, matter, weigh have weight; have import, carry weight Synonyms: librate, matter, press, number, look, count, reckon, enumerate, numerate, depend, consider, weigh, bet, calculate
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'matter'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. matter A topic (Gr. 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 Synonyms: topic, division, issue, motion, proposition, subject, head, matter, point, question, theme
Synonyms for matter 
