Material

Adjective

 * 1) Having to do with matter.
 * This compound has a number of interesting material properties.
 * 1) Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
 * Don't let material concerns get in the way of living a good life.
 * 1) Significant.
 * You've made several material contributions to this project.
 * This is the most material fact in this lawsuit.

Antonyms

 * spiritual
 * immaterial

Noun

 * 1) Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
 * Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads.
 * 1) Text written for a specific purpose.
 * We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough original material to headline.
 * 1) A sample or specimens for study.
 * With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
 * 1) Cloth to be made into a garment.
 * You'll need about a yard of material to make this.
 * 1) A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.
 * Joe Manchin is a great governor, and I also believe he is presidential material.
 * Joe Manchin is a great governor, and I also believe he is presidential material.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:material

Adjectives for Material
(general)

biographical; suggestive; front-page; illustrative; corrosive; supplementary; ennobling;  inexhaustible;   complex;   delicate; gauzy; acoustical; intellectual;  suitable; biblical; health; preserved; objectionable; documentary; infinite; mournful; hilarious; extensive; tangible; concentrated; factual; authoritative; vast; repressed; anthropological ; exquisite; impressionable; ample; outside; moraine; underworld; heterogeneous; mailable; muscle-building; copious; rust-able; combustible; superfine; prepared; quality; misleading; rubberlike; tenacious; unpromising; noble; rugged;  infantile; washable; special; volatile; polished; positive; elastic; unformed; nutritive; discordant; packaging; cool; raw; molten; protective; illustrative; septic; superlative; conglomerating; basic; rude; superfluous; durable; versatile; abrasive; miraculous; abundant; unimpeachable; picturesque; inorganic; fragmentary; coarse; scanty; shining; intractable; disjointed; choicest; insulating; mulch; thematic.

Verbs for Material
(information)

absorb—; accumulate—; amass—; arrange —; array—; assemble—; assort—; catal-logue—; collect—; compile—; concentrate on —; delve into—; digest—; disseminate—; gather—; glean—; group—; jot down— marshal—; muster—; rake up—; reduce—; sift—; simplify—; treat—; unify—.

Verbs for Material
(matter)

allot—; amass—; apportion—; assemble—; consume—; derive—from; drain—; exhaust —; expend—; garner—; heap—; lay in—; load—; manipulate—; measure—; order—; reserve—; sift—; squander—; stock with—; store—; waste—; —fritters away.

Adverbs for Material
grossly; flagrantly; selfishly; highly; essentially; vitally;  fundamentally; gravely; eminently; indispensably; crassly; seriously; urgently.

Thesaurus
Adamic, Circean, Formica, Masonite, Philistine, a propos, ab ovo, absolute, abundance, accumulation, actual, ad rem, adducible, admissible, air, amassment, animal, animalistic, apparatus, appertaining, applicable, applying, apposite, appreciable, appropriate, apropos, asphalt, atom, atomic particles, atoms, attestative, attestive, authentic, backlog, ballpoint pen, basal, based on, basic, beastlike, beastly, bedrock, being, belonging, bestial, bibliography, big, big-league, big-name, big-time, bigwig, bigwigged, blackboard, blacktop, bodily, body of knowledge, body of learning, brick, brutal, brute, brute matter, brutish, budget, building block, canvas, cardinal, carnal, carnal-minded, carpeting, central, certain, chalk, chemical element, circumstantial, clapboard, cloth, coarse, cobblestone, collection, commissariat, commissary, component, components, conclusive, concrete, consequential, considerable, constituent, constituents, constitutive, convincing, core, cork tile, cornucopia, corporal, corporeal, crayon, cumulation, cumulative, cyclopedia, damning, data, decisive, determinative, distillate, distillation, documentary, documentation, documented, documents, double-barreled, drapery, dump, earth, earthly, earthshaking, earthy, element, elemental, elementary, elementary particle, elementary unit, elements, elixir, encyclopedia, entity, equipment, eraser, essence, essential, etoffe, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, eye-witness, fabric, facts, factual, fallen, felt, fiber glass, figures, final, fire, firsthand, flag, flagging, flagstone, fleshly, flooring, focal, founded on, fundamental, fundamental particle, gear, germane, gist, goods, grand, great, gross, grounded on, gut, habiliments, heap, hearsay, heart, heavyweight, high-powered, hoard, hyle, hylic, hypostasis, implicit, important, in point, incontrovertible, indicative, indispensable, indisputable, individual, information, ingredient, ink, inkhorn, inkstand, inkwell, inventory, invisible ink, involving, irrefutable, irresistible, kernel, lace, lapsed, larder, lay, lead pencil, life-and-death, life-or-death, linoleum, literature, lore, macadam, machinery, major, marrow, mass, material world, materialistic, materiality, materials, materiate, materiel, matter, meaningful, means, meat, medium, molecule, momentous, monad, mundane, munitions, name, napery, natural world, nature, nib, nonspiritual, notes, nub, nuncupative, object, objective, of the essence, of vital importance, orgiastic, original, outfit, overwhelming, palpable, pantile, paper, papers, paraphernalia, parquet, pavement, pavestone, paving, pen, perceptible, pertaining, pertinent, phenomenal, physical, physical world, pile, pith, plasterboard, plenitude, plenty, plenum, plume, plywood, ponderable, postlapsarian, presumptive, primal, primary, primitive, probative, provisionment, provisions, publications, quill, quintessence, radical, rag, rations, real, reed, relevant, reliable, repertoire, repertory, research, resources, rick, roofage, roofing, roofing paper, sap, secular, self-important, sensible, sensual, serious, shake, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, siding, significant, silk, slate, solid, somatic, soul, spirit, spun glass, stack, statistics, stencil, stock, stock-in-trade, stockpile, stone, store, store of knowledge, stores, stuff, style, stylograph, stylus, substance, substantial, substantive, substratum, suggestive, sum and substance, superior, supplies, supply on hand, sure, swinish, sympathetic ink, symptomatic, system of knowledge, table, tablet, tackle, tackling, tangible, tar paper, telling, temporal, terrestrial, textile, textile fabric, texture, thatch, the four elements, tile, tilestone, tiling, tissu, tissue, to the point, to the purpose, treasure, treasury, treasury of information, true, underlying, unit of being, unspiritual, valid, veneer, vital, wainscoting, wallboard, walling, wallpaper, water, weatherboard, weave, web, weft, weighty, wood, woof, wool, world-shaking, worldly

Etymology
From material from  materialis:, from  materia: "wood, material, substance" from mater "mother". Displaced native andweorc, andwork "material, matter" (from  andweorc "matter, substance, material").

Adjective

 * Catalan: material
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: materieel, materiële
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian: material, materială
 * Russian: материальный (matériál’nyj)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: materiell, compounds with materia and material
 * Volapük: stöfik


 * Catalan: material
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: materieel, materiële, wereldlijk, wereldlijke
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian: material, materială
 * Russian: материальный (matériál’nyj)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, världslig


 * Finnish: merkittävä, olennainen
 * Galician: ,
 * Greek:, καίριος


 * Russian: важный
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: materiaal, grondstof
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: חומר
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 物質 (busshitsu),
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian: material, materie
 * Russian: материал
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: חומר


 * Japanese: 資料 (shiryō), 題材 (daizai)
 * Norwegian:
 * Romanian: material
 * Russian: материал
 * Swedish:


 * French:
 * Romanian: material


 * Russian: материал


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: materiaal, naaigoed
 * Esperanto:
 * French: étoffe, tissu
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 素材 (sozai), 生地 (kiji)
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Romanian: stofă, material textil, pânză
 * Russian: материал, материя
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: material


 * Japanese:


 * Esperanto: materialo

Related terms

 * matter
 * material breach
 * material girl
 * material science
 * materials science
 * material world

Anagrams

 * Armalite

Etymology
From materialis:.

Noun

 * 1) material

Etymology
materialis:

Noun

 * 1) material

Adjective

 * 1) material

Noun

 * 1) material

Related terms

 * materialismo
 * materialista
 * materia

Noun

 * 1) a material
 * 2) a matter, a subject (of study)

Related terms

 * bildmaterial
 * forskningsmaterial
 * informationsmaterial
 * materialförvaltare
 * materialism
 * materialist
 * materialkategori
 * materialprovning
 * materialtyp
 * materiel
 * materiell
 * textmaterial
 * tidningsmaterial