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matter - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be of consequence, importance |
| Synonyms: | affect, carry weight, count, express, imply, import, involve, mean, signify, value, weigh, be important, be of value, be substantive, cut ice, have influence, make a difference, mean something |
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substance |
| Synonyms: | amount, being, body, element, entity, individual, material, object, phenomenon, quantity, stuff, sum, thing, constituents, corporeality, corporeity, materialness, physical world, protoplasm, substantiality |
| Antonyms: | nothing, nothingness, zero |
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concern, issue |
| Synonyms: | affair, bag, business, circumstance, episode, event, incident, job, lookout, nub, occurrence, proceeding, question, situation, subject, thing, topic, transaction, undertaking, goings-on, shooting match |
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | subject, thesis |
| Synonyms: | argument, context, focus, head, interest, motif, motive, point, purport, resolution, sense, subject matter, substance, text, theme, topic |
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | significance, meaning |
| Synonyms: | amount, body, burden, consequence, content, core, extent, gist*, import, importance, magnitude, meat, moment, neighborhood, note, order, pith, range, sense, substance, text, tune, upshot, vicinity, weight |
| Antonyms: | insignificance, meaninglessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty, problem |
| Synonyms: | circumstance, complication, distress, grievance, predicament, to-do*, trouble, upset, worry, perplexity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | matter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | secretion of a sore |
| Synonyms: | discharge, infection, pus, maturation, purulence, suppuration, ulceration |
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | crux |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | most important part |
| Synonyms: | body, bottom line*, core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, matter, meat*, meat and potatoes*, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, purport, substance, thrust, decisive point |
| Antonyms: | trivia |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embodiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | representation, manifestation |
| Synonyms: | apotheosis, archetype, cast, collection, comprehension, conformation, epitome, example, exemplar, expression, form, formation, incarnation, inclusion, incorporation, integration, matter, organization, personification, quintessence, realization, structure, symbol, type, avatar, embracement, encompassment, exemplification, prosopopoeia, reification, systematization |
| Antonyms: | exclusion |
| Main Entry: | episode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure; scene |
| Synonyms: | affair, business, chapter, circumstance, doings, event, experience, goings-on, happening, incident, installment, interlude, matter, occasion, occurrence, part, passage, section, thing*, what's going down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | range, magnitude |
| Synonyms: | ambit, amount, area, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, play, proliferation, proportions, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, width, admeasurement, amplitude, bounds, elbowroom*, period of time, purview, spaciousness, wideness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, essence |
| Synonyms: | basis, bearing, bottom line*, burden, core, drift, force, heart, idea, import, kernel*, keynote, marrow, matter, meat*, name of the game*, nuts and bolts*, pith*, point, punch line, quintessence, score, sense, short, significance, soul, spirit, stuff*, subject, substance, summary, tenor, theme, thrust, topic, upshot*, nature of the beast, nitty gritty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incident |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence |
| Synonyms: | adventure, circumstance, episode, event, fact, happening, matter, milestone, occasion, scene, trip |
| Notes: | the primary meaning of incident is that of occurrence or event; the primary meaning of incidence is that of the rate or number of times at which something occurs |
| Main Entry: | individual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | singular person, thing |
| Synonyms: | being, body, character, child, creature, dude*, entity, existence, human being, man, material, matter, mortal, number, party, person, personage, self, somebody, something, soul, stuff, substance, type, unit, woman, singleton |
| Antonyms: | group |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | item |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part, article |
| Synonyms: | account, aspect, bit, blurb*, bulletin, column, component, consideration, detail, dispatch, element, entry, feature, incidental, information, matter, news, note, notice, novelty, particular, piece, point, report, scoop*, scrap, specific, story, thing, write-up, conversation piece, minor point, minutia, paragraph |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | kernel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seed, essence |
| Synonyms: | atom, bit, center, core, crux, fruit, germ, gist, grain, heart, hub, keynote, marrow, matter, meat, morsel, nub, nut, part, piece, pith, root, substance, upshot, nubbin |
| Main Entry: | nucleus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | core; basis for something's |
| Synonyms: | center, crux, embryo, focus, foundation, germ, heart, hub, kernel, matter, nub, pivot, premise, principle, seed, spark, beginning bud |
| Antonyms: | exterior, outside, exteriority |
| Main Entry: | project |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | undertaking, work |
| Synonyms: | activity, adventure, affair, aim, assignment, baby*, blueprint*, business, concern, deal, design, enterprise, exploit, feat, game plan, intention, job, matter, occupation, outline, pet*, plan, program, proposal, proposition, scheme, setup, strategy, task, thing*, venture |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | purport |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meaning, implication |
| Synonyms: | aim, bearing, burden, connotation, core, design, drift, gist, heart, idea, import, intent, intention, matter, meat, message, nub, object, objective, pith, plan, point, purpose, score, sense, significance, spirit, stuff, substance, tendency, tenor, thrust, understanding, upshot, acceptation, intendment, significancy, signification |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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