· a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
Hypernym(s): concern
· some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
Synonym(s): topic, subject, issue
Hypernym(s): content, cognitive_content, mental_object
· that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
Hypernym(s): physical_entity
· a problem; "is anything the matter?"
· (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends and it was no matter who won the games"
Hypernym(s): consequence, import, moment
· written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane"
Hypernym(s): writing, written_material, piece_of_writing
· have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"
Hypernym(s): be