matter

Noun

• written works (especially in books or magazines)
  • he always took some reading matter with him on the plane
    

• (used with negation) having consequence
  • they were friends and it was no matter who won the games
    

• a problem
  • is anything the matter?
    

• that which has mass and occupies space
  • physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it
    

• some situation or event that is thought about
  • he kept drifting off the topic
    
  • he had been thinking about the subject for several years
    
  • it is a matter for the police
    

• a vaguely specified concern
  • several matters to attend to
    
  • it is none of your affair
    
  • things are going well
    

Verb

• have weight; have import, carry weight
  • It does not matter much
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  topic , subject , issue , affair , thing , count , weigh