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Nouns (3)

n. [any substance of which a thing is made]

n. things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"

n. information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"

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Adjectives (9)

material

adj. directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness"

material

adj. concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"

material

adj. derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"

material

adj. concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt

corporeal, material

adj. having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett

substantial, real, material

adj. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare

Fuzzynyms (18)

kit, outfit

n. gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose

animal(a), carnal, fleshly, sensual

adj. marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"

bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic

adj. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"

bodily

adj. of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily organ"; "bodily functions"

concrete

adj. capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees"

physical

adj. concerned with material things; "physical properties"; "the physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size of a computer"

real, existent

adj. being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow

tangible, touchable

adj. perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness"

economic

adj. financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service"

Synonyms (18)

earthly, temporal

adj. of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church"

mundane, terrestrial

adj. concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

materialistic, mercenary, worldly-minded

adj. marked by materialism

animal(a), carnal, fleshly, sensual

adj. marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"

bodily, corporal, corporeal, somatic

adj. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"

personal

adj. intimately concerning a person's body or physical being; "personal hygiene"

physiologic, physiological

adj. of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning; "physiologic functions"; "physiological processes"

Antonyms (14)

immaterial

adj. of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact"

immaterial, indifferent

adj. (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)"; "what others think is altogether indifferent to him"

incorporeal, immaterial

adj. without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"

insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal

adj. lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon"

aeriform, aerial, airy, aery, ethereal

adj. characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms"

needy

adj. demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree

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