matter

matter is a 6-letter English word with 20 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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.
2. noun. That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance.
3. noun. That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme.
4. noun. That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business.
5. noun. Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like.
6. noun. Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.
7. noun. Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite.
8. noun. Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.
9. noun. That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; -- opposed to form.
10. noun. Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.
11. intransitive verb. To be of importance; to import; to signify.
12. intransitive verb. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
13. transitive verb. To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.
14. noun. that which has mass and occupies space

    "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"

15. noun. (used with negation) having consequence

    "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"

16. noun. a vaguely specified concern

    "several matters to attend to"

    "it is none of your affair"

    Synonyms: affair, thing

17. noun. a problem

    "is anything the matter?"

18. noun. some situation or event that is thought about

    "he kept drifting off the topic"

    "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"

    Synonyms: issue, subject, topic

19. noun. written works (especially in books or magazines)

    "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"

20. verb. have weight; have import, carry weight

    "It does not matter much"

    Synonyms: count, weigh

Synonyms

affair, thing, issue, subject, topic, count, weigh

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in matter:

mettar

Common word forms

matters, mattered, matterful, mattering, matterless

Words from these letters

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