matter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a vaguely specified concern
several matters to attend to
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
have weight; have import, carry weight
It does not matter much
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
some situation or event that is thought about
he kept drifting off the topic
Types & categories
- cognitive content hypernym
- area hyponym
- blind spot hyponym
- remit hyponym
- res judicata hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
that which has mass and occupies space
physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it
Types & categories
- physical entity hypernym
- substance hyponym
- substance hyponym
- sediment hyponym
- ylem hyponym
- dark matter hyponym
- antimatter hyponym
- glop hyponym
- fluid hyponym
- goop hyponym
- system hyponym
- residue hyponym
- solid hyponym
- solute hyponym
- emanation hyponym
- vegetable matter hyponym
Sense 5 noun
a problem
is anything the matter?
Types & categories
- trouble hypernym
Sense 6 noun
(used with negation) having consequence
they were friends and it was no matter who won the games
Types & categories
- consequence hypernym
Related & opposite
- matter derivation
Sense 7 noun
written works (especially in books or magazines)
he always took some reading matter with him on the plane
Types & categories
- written material hypernym
- dictation hyponym
- text hyponym
- text hyponym
- typescript hyponym
- front matter hyponym
- back matter hyponym
- soft copy hyponym
- hard copy hyponym
- supplement hyponym
- recitation hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | concern |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | least |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | matter to |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | matter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | matter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | press |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | matter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | topical |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive content |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | area |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | blind spot |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | remit |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | res judicata |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical entity |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | substance |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | substance |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sediment |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ylem |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dark matter |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | antimatter |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | glop |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluid |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | goop |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | system |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | residue |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | solid |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | solute |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | emanation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | vegetable matter |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | trouble |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | matter |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | consequence |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | written material |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | dictation |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | text |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | text |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | typescript |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | front matter |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | back matter |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | soft copy |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | hard copy |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | supplement |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | recitation |