Synonyms for material
məˈtɪər i əlma·te·ri·al

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1. materialnoun

   Significant.

   Antonyms:
   immaterial

2. materialadjective

   You'll need about a yard of material to make this.

   Antonyms:
   spiritual

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1. material

   Whatever is composed of or pertains to matter may be termed material; physical (Greek physis, nature) applies to material things considered as parts of a system or organic whole; hence, we speak of material substances, physical forces, physical laws. Bodily, corporal, and corporeal apply primarily to the human body; bodily and corporal both denote pertaining or relating to the body; corporeal signifies of the nature of or like the body; corporal is now almost wholly restricted to signify applied to or inflicted upon the body; we speak of bodily sufferings, bodily presence, corporal punishment, the corporeal frame.

   Synonyms:
   bodily, corporal, corporeal, natural, physical, sensible, tangible, visible

   Antonyms:
   hyperphysical, immaterial, intangible, intellectual, invisible, mental, moral, spiritual, unreal, unsubstantial

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1. materialnoun

   Synonyms:
   substance, stuff

   Antonyms:
   work, production, design

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1. material, stuffnoun

   the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

   "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"

   Synonyms:
   hooey, clobber, poppycock, cloth, fabric, stuff, stuff and nonsense, textile

   Antonyms:
   nonmaterial, mental, unworldly, nonphysical, immaterial, intangible

2. materialnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   fabric, textile, stuff, cloth

   Antonyms:
   mental, nonphysical, unworldly, immaterial, intangible, nonmaterial

3. fabric, cloth, material, textilenoun

   artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers

   "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

   Synonyms:
   framework, fabric, textile, stuff, cloth

   Antonyms:
   intangible, immaterial, unworldly, mental, nonphysical, nonmaterial

4. materialnoun

   things needed for doing or making something

   "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"

   Synonyms:
   fabric, textile, stuff, cloth

   Antonyms:
   mental, immaterial, unworldly, intangible, nonmaterial, nonphysical

5. materialadjective

   a person judged suitable for admission or employment

   "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"

   Synonyms:
   fabric, textile, stuff, cloth

   Antonyms:
   mental, nonphysical, unworldly, nonmaterial, intangible, immaterial

6. materialadjective

   concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

   "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"

   Synonyms:
   corporeal, substantial, real

   Antonyms:
   immaterial, mental, nonphysical, unworldly, intangible, nonmaterial

7. materialadjective

   derived from or composed of matter

   "the material universe"

   Synonyms:
   corporeal, substantial, real

   Antonyms:
   immaterial, mental, nonmaterial, nonphysical, intangible, unworldly

8. materialadjective

   directly relevant to a matter especially a law case

   "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness"

   Synonyms:
   corporeal, substantial, real

   Antonyms:
   intangible, immaterial, nonphysical, mental, unworldly, nonmaterial

9. materialadjective

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

   "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt

   Synonyms:
   corporeal, substantial, real

   Antonyms:
   nonmaterial, unworldly, immaterial, nonphysical, mental, intangible

10. corporeal, materialadjective

    having material or physical form or substance

    "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett

    Synonyms:
    somatic, bodily, substantial, real, corporal, corporeal

    Antonyms:
    nonphysical, immaterial, unworldly, intangible, nonmaterial, mental

11. substantial, real, materialadjective

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

    "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare

    Synonyms:
    actual, corporeal, veridical, real(a), substantial, significant, hearty, satisfying, real, substantive, solid, literal, square, genuine, strong, tangible, existent

    Antonyms:
    nonphysical, mental, unworldly, nonmaterial, immaterial, intangible

Matched Categories

1. • Artifact
   • Equipment
   • Information
   • Substance

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1. materialadjective

   Synonyms:
   physical, corporeal, bodily, not spiritual

2. materialadjective

   Synonyms:
   essential, important, momentous, vital

3. materialnoun

   Synonyms:
   matter, substance, stuff

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1. materialadjective

   Synonyms:
   corporeal, bodily, physical, important, essential, momentous

2. materialnoun

   Synonyms:
   substance, matter, fabric, stuff, cloth, staple, plasma

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1. List of paraphrases for "material":

   materials, equipment, materiel, contents, physical, documents, substances, documentation, articles, tangible, substance, hardware, records, devices, substantive, information, papers, content, materialistic, document, texts

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How to use material in a sentence?

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Spiritual force is stronger than material force thoughts rule the world.

2. Lao-Tzu:

   The good man is the teacher of the bad, And the bad is the material from which the good may learn. He who does not value the teacher, Or greatly care for the material, Is greatly deluded although he may be learned. Such is the essential mystery.

3. Mo Elleithee:

   Out of that meeting we came home with these boxes that have been sitting in a back room at the Florida Democratic Party offices, that's just old Jeb Bush material. No one else has this material.

4. Robert Wright:

   Think of it: zillions and zillions of organisms running around, each under the hypnotic spell of a single truth, all these truths identical, and all logically incompatible with one another : 'My hereditary material is the most important material on earth; its survival justifies your frustration, pain, even death'. And you are one of those organisms, living your life in the thrall of a logical absurdity.

5. Benjamin Hautecouverture:

   It is plausible that certain (terrorist) organisations could attack transports of nuclear material or civilian installations and try to steal radioactive material, there is a black market where such material is available coming from central and eastern Europe.