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materialadjective relating to or composed of matterthere's no material evidence, such as a dead body, that a murder has been committed concrete, physical, substantial bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, embodied, fleshlyapparent, appreciable, detectable, discernible(also discernable), noticeable, observable, palpable, perceptible, seeable, sensible, tangible, touchable, visibleobjective, phenomenalbulky, heavy, hefty, massive, ponderous, solid, weighty immaterial, nonmaterial, nonphysical bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, formless, incorporeal, unbodiedethereal, insubstantial, unsubstantialimpalpable, imperceptible, insensible, intangible, invisible, unnoticeableairy, diaphanous, gossamery, tenuous, thin, vaporous, wispishmetaphysical, spiritual having great meaning or lasting effectthere's no material difference between the two designs for the skyscraper: one's as bad as the other big, consequential, earth-shattering, earthshaking, eventful, historic, important, major, meaningful, momentous, monumental, much, significant, substantial, tectonic, weighty decisive, fatal, fateful, strategicearnest, grave, heavy, serious, sinceredistinctive, exceptional, impressive, outstanding, prominent, remarkablevaluable, worthwhile, worthydistinguished, eminent, great, illustrious, noble, notable, noteworthy, outstanding, preeminent, prestigiousfamous, notorious, renownedall-important, central, critical, crucial, essential, key, pivotal, seminal, vital inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, little, minor, negligible, slight, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant paltry, petty, worthlessanonymous, nameless, obscure, uncelebrated, unknown having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heavenpeople who worry more about material concerns than about spiritual ones carnal, earthborn, earthbound, earthly, fleshly, mundane, sublunary, temporal, terrene, terrestrial, worldly animal, bodily, corporal, corporeal, physicaldaily, diurnalunspiritualanthropic(or anthropical), anthropocentric heavenly, nontemporal, unearthly, unworldly celestial, Elysian, empyreal, empyrean, supernalmetaphysicaldevotional, divine, religious, sacred, spiritual, utopianextraterrestrialethereal, supernatural, transcendent, transcendental having to do with the matter at handthat information, while fascinating, is not material to our discussion applicable, apposite, apropos, germane, pertinent, pointed, relative, relevant appropriate, apt, fit, fitting, suitableimportant, meaningful, significantsensible, usefuladmissible, allowable to the point extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelative, irrelevant, pointless frivolous, inconsequential, insignificant, little, minor, negligible, slight, trifling, trivial, unimportantmeaningless, purposeless, senseless, uselessinappropriate, inapt, unsuitableinadmissible of or relating to the human bodymaterial needs such as food and warmth animal, bodily, carnal, corporal, corporeal, fleshly, physical, somatic anatomic(or anatomical), physiological(or physiologic)sensual, sensuoushand-to-hand nonmaterial, nonphysical cerebral, inner, intellectual, mental, psychological(also psychologic)bodiless, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, spiritualethereal, metaphysical, psychic(also psychical) the basic elements from which something can be developedshe's clearly movie star material making, raw material, stuff, substance, timber possibility, potential, potentialitymatter, metal usually materials pl.items needed for the performance of a task or activityI have all the materials to build the mobile accoutrements(or accouterments), apparatus, equipment, gear, hardware, kit(chiefly British), matériel(or materiel), outfit, paraphernalia, stuff, tackle accessories, appurtenances, attachments, fittingsbaggage, belongings, impedimentaappliances, facilities, instruments, machinery, toolsapparel, attire, habiliments, raiment, trappingsarmamentarium, armory, arsenal, batteryassets, resources adj.material, physical, corporeal, phenomenal, sensible, objective mean of or belonging to actuality.material implies formation out of tangible matter; used in contrast with spiritual or ideal it may connote the mundane, crass, or grasping.material values physical applies to what is perceived directly by the senses and may contrast with mental, spiritual, or imaginary.the physical benefits of exercise corporeal implies having the tangible qualities of a body such as shape, size, or resistance to force.artists have portrayed angels as corporeal beings phenomenal applies to what is known or perceived through the senses rather than by intuition or rational deduction.scientists concerned with the phenomenal world sensible stresses the capability of readily or forcibly impressing the senses.the earth's rotation is not sensible to us objective may stress material or independent existence apart from a subject perceiving it.no objective evidence of damage Cf. relevant. in the 14th century |