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Synonyms of matter in English:

matter


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noun

1‘decaying vegetable matter’

SYNONYMS
material, substance, stuff, medium

2‘let's get to the heart of the matter’

SYNONYMS
affair, business, proceeding, situation, circumstance, event, happening, occurrence, incident, episode, occasion, experience, thing
subject, topic, issue, question, point, point at issue, item, case, concern, theme

3‘it is of little matter now’

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importance, consequence, significance, note, import, moment, weight, interest

4the matter‘is anything the matter?’

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problem, trouble, difficulty, upset, distress, worry, bother, complication

5‘the matter of the sermon’

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content, subject matter, text, argument, substance, thesis, sense, purport, gist, pith, essentials, burden

6‘an infected wound full of matter’

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pus, suppuration, purulence, discharge, secretion
rare sanies

verb

1‘it doesn't matter what you wear’

SYNONYMS
make any difference, make a difference, be important, be of importance, be of consequence, signify, be of significance, be relevant, be of account, carry weight, count
informal cut any ice

2‘she was trying to make an impression on the people who mattered’

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be influential, have influence, be important

Phrases

    as a matter of fact


    SYNONYMS
    actually, in actual fact, in fact, in point of fact, as it happens, really, believe it or not, in reality, in truth, to tell the truth, truly
    no matter


    SYNONYMS
    it doesn't matter, it makes no difference, it makes no odds, it's unimportant, never mind, don't apologize, don't worry about it, don't mention it