- 2. Grave, sedate, matronal.
Matter, n.
- 1. Substance, body.
- 2. Sense, substance.
- 3. Good sense, substance.
- 4. Trouble, cause of distress, difficulty.
- 5. Thing.
- 6. Indefinite amount, quantity, or portion.
- 7. Stuff, material, raw material.
- 8. Topic, subject, question, subject-matter, matter in hand.
- 9. Affair, business, concern, thing, event, course of things.
- 10. Importance, consequence, import, moment, significance.
- 11. Pus, purulence, purulent matter.
Matter, v. n.
- 1. Signify, import, be of importance, be of consequence.
- 2. Maturate, suppurate.
Matter-of-fact, n. Fact, reality, actuality.
Matter-of-fact, a.
- 1. Ordinary, commonplace.
- 2. Practical, sensible, plain, prosaic, unimaginative, dry.