immaterial
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
of no importance or relevance especially to a law case
an objection that is immaterial after the fact
Related & opposite
- material antonym
- immateriality derivation
Sense 2 adjective
without material form or substance
an incorporeal spirit
Related & opposite
- unbodied also see
- corporeal antonym
- physicalness attribute
- incorporeality derivation
- bodiless similar to
- spiritual similar to
Sense 3 adjective
not consisting of matter
immaterial apparitions
Related & opposite
- insubstantial also see
- material antonym
- physicalness attribute
- incorporeality derivation
- nonphysical similar to
Sense 4 adjective
not pertinent to the matter under consideration
an issue extraneous to the debate
Related & opposite
- immateriality derivation
- extraneousness derivation
- irrelevant similar to
Sense 5 adjective
(often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other
whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent)
Related & opposite
- indifference derivation
- immateriality derivation
- unimportant similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | material |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | immateriality |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | unbodied |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | corporeal |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | physicalness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | incorporeality |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | bodiless |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | spiritual |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | insubstantial |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | material |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | physicalness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | incorporeality |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonphysical |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | immateriality |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | extraneousness |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | irrelevant |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | indifference |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | immateriality |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | unimportant |