material

Adjective

• 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
    

• having material or physical form or substance
  • that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible - Benjamin Jowett
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• derived from or composed of matter
  • the material universe
    

• concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
  • material possessions
    
  • material wealth
    
  • material comforts
    

Noun

• a person judged suitable for admission or employment
  • he was university material
    
  • she was vice-presidential material
    

• things needed for doing or making something
  • writing materials
    
  • useful teaching materials
    

• artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
  • the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent
    
  • woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC
    
  • she measured off enough material for a dress
    

• 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
    

• the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
  • coal is a hard black material
    
  • wheat is the stuff they use to make bread
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  substantial , real , corporeal , fabric , cloth , textile , stuff
• Antonyms: 
  insubstantial , unsubstantial , unreal , incorporeal , immaterial , nonmaterial