Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mater
1 sense of mater
Sense 1
mater -- (an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously)
=> mother, female parent -- (a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children")
Antonyms of adj mat
1 sense of mat
Sense 1
flat, mat, matt, matte, matted -- (not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish")
INDIRECT (VIA dull) -> bright -- (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room")
Similarity of adj mat
1 sense of mat
Sense 1
flat, mat, matt, matte, matted -- (not reflecting light; not glossy; "flat wall paint"; "a photograph with a matte finish")
=> dull (vs. bright) -- (emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky")