English dictionary

matter

/'m/&/t/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a vaguely specified concern

noun.cognition

Examples
Several matters to attend to.

Synonyms affair thing

Source: WordNet 3.0
some situation or event that is thought about

noun.cognition

Examples
It is a matter for the police.

Synonyms issue subject topic

Source: WordNet 3.0
that which has mass and occupies space

noun.tops

Examples
Physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a problem

noun.cognition

Examples
Is anything the matter?

Source: WordNet 3.0
(used with negation) having consequence

noun.attribute

Examples
They were friends and it was no matter who won the games.

Source: WordNet 3.0
written works (especially in books or magazines)

noun.communication

Examples
He always took some reading matter with him on the plane.

Source: WordNet 3.0
That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.

noun

Source: webster1913

have weight; have import, carry weight

verb.stative

Examples
It does not matter much.

Synonyms count weigh

Source: WordNet 3.0
To be of importance; to import; to signify.

verb

Source: webster1913
To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.

verb

Source: webster1913