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matter
Overview of noun matter
The noun matter has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (41) substance, matter -- (that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter")
2. (35) matter, affair, thing -- (a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well")
3. (32) topic, subject, issue, matter -- (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")
4. (1) matter -- (a problem; "is anything the matter?")
5. (1) matter -- ((used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games")
6. matter -- (written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane")
Overview of verb matter
The verb matter has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (21) count, matter, weigh -- (have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun matter
6 senses of matter
Sense 1
substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
matter, affair, thing
=> concern
=> interest, involvement
=> curiosity, wonder
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
topic, subject, issue, matter
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
matter
=> trouble, problem
=> difficulty
=> cognitive factor
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
matter
=> consequence, import, moment
=> significance
=> importance
=> value
=> worth
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
matter
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> written communication, written language
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun matter
4 of 6 senses of matter
Sense 1
substance, matter
=> food, nutrient
=> ballast
=> bedding material, bedding, litter
=> body substance
=> protoplasm, living substance
=> drift
=> grinding
=> sediment, deposit
=> material, stuff
=> ylem
=> dark matter
=> antimatter
=> micronutrient
=> philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone, elixir
=> precursor
=> phlogiston
=> allergen
=> assay
=> pyrogen, pyrectic
=> pyrogen
=> mixture
=> hydrocolloid
=> adulterant, adulterator
=> atom
=> chemical element, element
=> propellant, propellent
=> denaturant
=> activator
=> inhibitor
=> ferment
=> substrate
=> carcinogen
=> compound, chemical compound
=> digestive
=> element
=> foamentation
=> fuel
=> medium
=> culture medium, medium
=> medium
=> humectant
=> inoculant, inoculum
=> jelly
=> leaven, leavening
=> fluid
=> fluid
=> sludge, slime, goo, gook, guck, gunk, muck, ooze
=> system
=> refrigerant
=> residue
=> lysin
=> poison, toxicant, poisonous substance
=> chemical irritant
=> antigen
=> solid
=> solute
=> solvate
=> volatile
=> emanation
=> essence
=> ligand
=> metabolite
=> vegetable matter
=> vehicle
Sense 2
matter, affair, thing
=> least
Sense 3
topic, subject, issue, matter
=> blind spot
=> res judicata, res adjudicata
=> area
Sense 6
matter
=> dictation
=> text, textual matter
=> text
=> typescript
=> front matter, prelims
=> back matter, end matter
=> soft copy
=> hard copy
=> addendum, supplement, postscript
=> recitation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun matter
6 senses of matter
Sense 1
substance, matter
=> physical entity
Sense 2
matter, affair, thing
=> concern
Sense 3
topic, subject, issue, matter
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
Sense 4
matter
=> trouble, problem
Sense 5
matter
=> consequence, import, moment
Sense 6
matter
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
Antonyms of noun matter
Member Holonyms of noun matter
Substance Holonyms of noun matter
Part Holonyms of noun matter
Member Meronyms of noun matter
Substance Meronyms of noun matter
Part Meronyms of noun matter
Meronyms of noun matter
Holonyms of noun matter
Attributes of noun matter
Derived Forms of noun matter
2 of 6 senses of matter
Sense 3
topic, subject, issue, matter
RELATED TO>(verb) matter#1
=> count, matter, weigh
Sense 5
matter
RELATED TO>(verb) matter#1
=> count, matter, weigh
Domain of noun matter
Domain Terms of noun matter
Familiarity of noun matter
matter used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun matter
6 senses of matter
Sense 1
substance, matter
> physical entity
=> thing
=> object, physical object
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> substance, matter
=> process, physical process
Sense 2
matter, affair, thing
> concern
=> worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth
=> matter, affair, thing
=> personal business, personal matters, affairs
=> part
=> point of honor
Sense 3
topic, subject, issue, matter
> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> tradition
=> object
=> food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment
=> noumenon, thing-in-itself
=> universe, universe of discourse
=> topic, subject, issue, matter
=> issue
=> idea, thought
=> kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
=> wisdom
=> representation, mental representation, internal representation
=> belief
=> unbelief, disbelief
=> heresy, unorthodoxy
=> goal, end
=> education
=> experience
=> acculturation, culture
=> lore, traditional knowledge
=> ignorance
=> knowledge domain, knowledge base
=> metaknowledge
Sense 4
matter
> trouble, problem
=> can of worms
=> deep water
=> growing pains
=> hydra
=> matter
Sense 5
matter
> consequence, import, moment
=> matter
=> hell to pay
Sense 6
matter
> writing, written material, piece of writing
=> bowdlerization, bowdlerisation
=> title
=> cryptogram, cryptograph, secret writing
=> rewrite, revision, rescript
=> literary composition, literary work
=> literature
=> literature
=> matter
=> criticism, literary criticism
=> section, subdivision
=> paragraph
=> diary, journal
=> inscription, lettering
=> manuscript, ms
=> autograph
=> treatise
=> adaptation, version
=> essay
=> editing, redaction
=> sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
=> screed
HAS INSTANCE=> Ayurveda
=> document, written document, papers
=> dramatic composition, dramatic work
=> dithyramb
=> plagiarism
=> transcript
Meronyms of noun matter
6 senses of matter
Sense 6
matter
=> writing, written material, piece of writing
HAS PART: epilogue, epilog
=> written communication, written language
HAS PART: leaf, folio
Holonyms of noun matter
Grep of noun matter
antimatter
back matter
conservation of matter
crux of the matter
dark matter
end matter
faecal matter
fecal matter
front matter
gray matter
grey matter
law of conservation of matter
matter
matter of course
matter of fact
matter of law
matterhorn
nontextual matter
particulate matter
pictorial matter
state of matter
subject matter
tabular matter
textual matter
vegetable matter
waste matter
white matter
written matter
Antonyms of verb matter
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb matter
1 sense of matter
Sense 1
count, matter, weigh
=> be
Also See> matter to#1
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb matter
1 sense of matter
Sense 1
count, matter, weigh
=> weigh, press
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb matter
1 sense of matter
Sense 1
count, matter, weigh
=> be
Also See> matter to#1
'Cause To' of verb matter
Derived Forms of verb matter
1 sense of matter
Sense 1
count, matter, weigh
RELATED TO>(noun) matter#3
=> topic, subject, issue, matter
RELATED TO>(noun) matter#5
=> matter
Domain of verb matter
Domain Terms of verb matter
Familiarity of verb matter
matter used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb matter
1 sense of matter
Sense 1
count, matter, weigh
*> Something ----s
*> It ----s that CLAUSE
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb matter
1 sense of matter
Sense 1
count, matter, weigh
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb matter
Sense 1
count, matter, weigh
=> be
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Grep of verb matter
matter
matter to
smatter
Grep of adj matter
matter-of-course
matter-of-fact
Grep of adv matter
as a matter of fact
for that matter
no matter
no matter what happens
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