Clues for the word "MATTER"
We've had 68 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 127 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 12, 2025.
Definition of matter
- n. - That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.
- n. - That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance.
- n. - That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done; the thing aimed at, treated of, or treated; subject of action, discussion, consideration, feeling, complaint, legal action, or the like; theme.
- n. - That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do; concern; affair; business.
- n. - Affair worthy of account; thing of consequence; importance; significance; moment; -- chiefly in the phrases what matter ? no matter, and the like.
- n. - Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble.
- n. - Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite.
- n. - Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance.
- n. - That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; -- opposed to form.
- n. - Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type; copy; also, type set up and ready to be used, or which has been used, in printing.
- v. i. - To be of importance; to import; to signify.
- v. i. - To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.
- v. t. - To regard as important; to take account of; to care for.
Referring Clues
- Concern
- Mean something
- Stuff
- Space occupier
- Make a difference
- Be of consequence
- See 19-Across
- Count
- Be important
- Substance
- "Anti" attachment
- Physics concern
- Have significance
- Be important
- Something to discuss
- Physics topic
- Word with dark or gray
- Bear significance
- Be relevant
- Carry weight
- "As a ___ of fact ..."
- Subject
- Something that occupies space
- Physicist's study
- Word that can follow the first parts of 17-, 25-, 42- and 55-Across
- Mind over ___
- Issue
- Material
- Billy Joel "A ___ of Trust"
- Substance - signify
- See 10
- See 24
- Affair
- The business of a mare being unfortunately out of a race
- He gets terribly involved in the affair
- In substance, that's what's wrong
- It's less glossy - that's what's wrong
- What's wrong? It's less lustrous
- Count as business
- Stuff what's up?
- Stuff - be of importance
- Issue - stuff
- See 27
- Stuff - mean something
- Subject for concern
- Stuff the issue!
- Substance that may be of importance
- Unimaginative
- Not fancy one that tangles with a cancelled performance
- Concern parent's shown about infant, finally
- See 4 Down
- Physics stuff
- The question of how mother holds a tin opener
- Substance that could put a mare out of a race
- Piece of business of substance
- Business will always be important
- It's even more lacklustre: that's what's wrong
- No laughing ___
- An affair that does have importance
- Have some impact
- Dark or gray physics stuff
- "What's the ___?"
- Anything of substance or importance
- States of ___ (solid, liquid, gas, plasma)
- Be significant
- ___-of-fact
- Black Lives ___
- "You're made of atoms. You ___!" (science pun)
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 01, 2025
- Daily American - July 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 14, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 02, 2025
- Daily American - February 27, 2025
- USA Today - January 08, 2025
- USA Today - November 05, 2024
- USA Today - October 21, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - October 01, 2024
- Daily American - September 27, 2024
- Daily American - July 29, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - May 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - April 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - April 12, 2024
- Daily American - April 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 15, 2024
- LA Times - November 19, 2023
- USA Today - November 01, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 28, 2023
- USA Today - September 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 17, 2023
- Daily American - July 24, 2023
- And in 97 more crossword puzzles...