material: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 10 letter points · starts with M · ends with L
Meaning of material
adj
Of, relating to, or consisting of matter, especially physical.
Example: This compound has a number of interesting material properties.
Of, relating to, or affecting physical well-being; corporeal; bodily.
Example: material needs
Of or relating to the matter of reasoning, as distinguished from the form of it, especially empirical.
Example: material cause
- especially
Having real importance or great consequences; significant; substantial.
Example: found a material difference between two things
Source: Wiktionary — material.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A basic matter (as metal, wood, plastic, fiber, etc.) from which the whole or the greater part of something physical (as a machine, tool, building, fabric, etc.) is made.
Example: Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads.
- collective, countable, sometimes, uncountable
A person, or people collectively, who are qualified or suited for a certain position or activity.
Example: boy/girlfriend material
- countable, plural, uncountable, usually
Apparatus for doing or making something.
- countable, uncountable
Something (as data, observations, perceptions or ideas) that may be incorporated, elaborated or otherwise reworked into a finished form or new form, or may serve as the basis for arriving at interpretations, judgments or conclusions.
Example: teaching materials
Listed forms: materials.
Source: Wiktionary — material.
verb
- obsolete, transitive
To form from matter; to materialize.
Listed forms: materials, materialing, materialling, materialed, materialled.
Source: Wiktionary — material.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for material.
adjective
having material or physical form or substance
adjective
having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
noun
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
noun
artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is material in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of material
M(3) + A(1) + T(1) + E(1) + R(1) + I(1) + A(1) + L(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of material
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from material
201 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in material. Showing up to 24, longest first.