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🔄 Synonyms of "Material"

21 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

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substantialnounLarge in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
crucialEssential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
tangiblenounTouchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
corporealMaterial; tangible; physical.
relevantRelated, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
incarnateverb(traditionally postpositive, now frequently prepositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.
corporalnoun(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
embodied(psychology) experienced, mediated via the physical body (typically in contrast to mental experience)
stuffnoun(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
physicalnounPertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world.
clothnoun(countable, uncountable) A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
realnounTrue, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
worldlyConcerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
fabricnounA material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
corporatenounOf or relating to a corporation.
textilenoun(usually in the plural) Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles.
reincarnateverb(ambitransitive) To be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species.
bodiedHaving a bodily form; corporeal or incarnate.
touchableCapable of being touched; tangible or palpable.
bodilynounOf, relating to, or concerning the body.
matternoun(uncountable) Material; substance.

↔️ Antonyms of "Material"

Words with the opposite meaning.

WordDefinition
incorporealnounHaving no material form or physical substance.
immaterialnoun(figurative) Of no importance; inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant.
unrealNot real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
insubstantialLacking substance; not real or strong.
unsubstantial(archaic) Insubstantial.
nonmaterialNot material; apart from matter

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Material"

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WordDefinition
incarnateverb(traditionally postpositive, now frequently prepositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.
worldlyConcerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
substantialnounLarge in size, quantity, or value; ample; significant.
corporealMaterial; tangible; physical.
relevantRelated, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
crucialEssential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
reincarnateverb(ambitransitive) To be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species.
corporalnoun(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
bodilynounA surname.
bodiedHaving a bodily form; corporeal or incarnate.
touchableCapable of being touched; tangible or palpable.
tangiblenounTouchable; able to be touched or felt; perceptible by the sense of touch.
realnounTrue, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
corporatenoun(business, informal, uncountable) The higher managerial echelons of a corporation.
fabricnounA material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
stuffnoun(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
matternoun(uncountable) Material; substance.
physicalnounA physical examination.
textilenoun(usually in the plural) Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles.
clothnoun(countable, uncountable) A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.

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