| noun | the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object “coal is a hard black material” |
| noun | 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” |
| noun | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers “the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent” |
| noun | things needed for doing or making something “writing materials” |
| noun | a person judged suitable for admission or employment “he was university material” |
| adjective | concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests “material possessions” |
| adjective | derived from or composed of matter “the material universe” |
| adjective | directly relevant to a matter especially a law case “his support made a material difference” |
| adjective | concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; ; - T.Roosevelt “material needs” |
| adjective | having material or physical form or substance; - Benjamin Jowett “that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible” |
| adjective | having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; ; ; - Shakespeare “the substantial world” |
| materiality | noun | the quality of being physical; consisting of matter |
| corporeality | noun | the quality of being physical; consisting of matter |
| substance | noun | the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists |
| substantialness | noun | the quality of being substantial or having substance |
| substantiality | noun | the quality of being substantial or having substance |
| reality | noun | the quality possessed by something that is real |