Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)matter, affair, thinga vaguely specified concern“several matters to attend to”,
“it is none of your affair”,
“things are going well” (n)topic, subject, issue, mattersome 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” (n)matterthat which has mass and occupies space“physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it” (n)mattera problem“is anything the matter?” (n)matter(used with negation) having consequence“they were friends and it was no matter who won the games” (n)matterwritten works (especially in books or magazines)“he always took some reading matter with him on the plane” Verbs
(v)count, matter, weighhave weight; have import, carry weight“It does not matter much”