material

NOUNADJECTIVE /mə'tiriəl/
8 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH M

material is a valid 8-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
M3A1T1E1R1I1A1L1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING

What does material mean?

NOUN · 5 SENSES
1

Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.

“she measured off enough material for a dress”

2

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”

NARROWER
3

Things needed for doing or making something.

“writing materials”

“useful teaching materials”

BROADER
4

The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.

“coal is a hard black material”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
5

A person judged suitable for admission or employment.

“he was university material”

“she was vice-presidential material”

ADJECTIVE · 6 SENSES
1

Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary.

2

Having material or physical form or substance.

SYNONYMS
3

Concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being.

“material needs”

“the moral and material welfare of all good citizens”

SIMILAR
4

Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests.

“material possessions”

“material wealth”

5

Derived from or composed of matter.

“the material universe”

ANTONYMS
SIMILAR
6

Directly relevant to a matter especially a law case.

“his support made a material difference”

“evidence material to the issue at hand”

ANTONYMS
SIMILAR