mattering
Being of consequence
Mattering is the state of being significant or having importance.
The word often appears in discussions of whether something counts or makes a difference: The mattering of small gestures is easy to overlook.
More commonly, the concept appears as the verb matter: Does any of this matter?
What something signifies
- purposeReason something exists
- worthDegree of importance
- valueImportance or price
- substancePhysical material with mass
essence · import · gravity · weight · consequence · moment · seriousness · relevance
Having notable importance
- consequentialHaving significant effects
- impactfulHaving significant effect
- pivotalVitally important, deciding
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
decisive · influential · momentous · transformative · paramount · vital · crucial · essential
Determining quantity sequentially
- inclusionBeing made part
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- visibilityRange of clear sight
validation · acceptance · connection · dignity · worth · seen · heard · valued
meaning
What something signifies
substance · essence · import · gravity · weight · consequence · moment · seriousness · relevance · pertinence
significant
Having notable importance
- consequentialHaving significant effects
- impactfulHaving significant effect
- pivotalVitally important, deciding
critical · decisive · influential · momentous · transformative · paramount · vital · crucial · essential · fundamental
counting
Determining quantity sequentially
- inclusionBeing made part
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
visibility · validation · acceptance · connection · dignity · worth · seen · heard · valued · respected
pertinent
Directly related to something
- applicableAble to be used
- germaneRelated to the topic
- appropriateSuited to circumstance
related · connected · fitting · suitable · apposite · salient · apt · proper · on-point · bearing
- belongingbelonging, inclusion, acceptance, community, connection
- significancesignificance, meaning, importance, relevance, value
matteringirrelevance
Lack of pertinence
insignificance · inconsequence · triviality · unimportance · meaninglessness
matteringnot counting
invisibility · erasure · nonexistence · oblivion · anonymity
matter, material, materials, matters, materialize, immaterial, mattered, materially, materiality