material
noun
[ məˈtɪərɪəl ]
• the matter from which a thing is or can be made.
• "goats can eat more or less any plant material"
• information or ideas for use in creating a book or other work.
• "his colonial experiences gave him material"
Similar:
information,
data,
facts,
facts and figures,
statistics,
evidence,
subject matter,
ideas,
details,
particulars,
background,
notes,
documentation,
documents,
papers,
info,
deets,
dope,
low-down,
dirt,
gen,
• cloth or fabric.
• "a piece of dark material"
material
adjective
• denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit.
• "the material world"
Similar:
physical,
corporeal,
tangible,
non-spiritual,
mundane,
worldly,
earthly,
temporal,
concrete,
real,
solid,
substantial,
secular,
lay,
sublunary,
• significant; important.
• "the insects did not do any material damage to the crop"
Similar:
significant,
major,
important,
of consequence,
consequential,
momentous,
weighty,
vital,
essential,
key,
meaningful,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to matter’): from late Latin materialis, adjective from Latin materia ‘matter’.
