English adjective: immaterial | |||
1. | immaterial of no importance or relevance especially to a law case | ||
Samples | An objection that is immaterial after the fact. | ||
Antonyms | material | ||
2. | immaterial without material form or substance | ||
Samples | An incorporeal spirit. | ||
Synonyms | incorporeal | ||
Similar | bodiless, discorporate, disembodied, spiritual, unbodied, unembodied | ||
See also | unbodied | ||
Attribute | corporality, corporeality, materiality, physicalness | ||
Antonyms | corporeal, material | ||
3. | immaterial not consisting of matter | ||
Samples | Immaterial apparitions. Ghosts and other immaterial entities. | ||
Synonyms | nonmaterial | ||
Similar | intangible, nonphysical | ||
See also | insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial | ||
Attribute | corporality, corporeality, materiality, physicalness | ||
Antonyms | material | ||
4. | immaterial not pertinent to the matter under consideration | ||
Samples | An issue extraneous to the debate. The price was immaterial. Mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point. | ||
Synonyms | extraneous, impertinent, orthogonal | ||
Similar | irrelevant | ||
Antonyms | relevant | ||
5. | immaterial (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other | ||
Samples | Whether you choose to do it or not is a matter that is quite immaterial (or indifferent). What others think is altogether indifferent to him. | ||
Synonyms | indifferent | ||
Similar | unimportant | ||
Antonyms | important, of import | ||