Synonyms of mattered

mattered

verb

past tense of matter

as in meant

to be of importance

she believes that doing well in school really does matter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meant
• weighed
• signified
• counted
• influenced
• imported
• affected
• cut ice
• carried weight
• concerned
• swayed
• amounted (to)
• added up (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mattered

The finish was calm, and came after good pressing from himself and Viktor Gyokeres, but the celebration that followed was what mattered. — Art De Roché, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

None of this much mattered to student Aayden Vasquez, who is excited about starting at Pacoima Middle School and shook hands with Chait, Garcha and anyone else who offered a palm during their visit to his home. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

To raise the bar even higher, Dyson decided that the aesthetics of an essential household appliance mattered just as much as its performance. — Andy Nguyen, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

By then, the question of whether Arendt belonged chiefly to German or American intellectual life mattered less than the interplay in her soul between the two. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Race still mattered, but the boundaries of political belonging became more flexible and expansive. — Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

If the welfare of farmers had been of any interest to anybody who mattered, then some alarm might have been taken from the rapid decline in the number of farms and farmers. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Palafox, who did his PhD in computer vision and worked on autonomous systems at Meta’s Reality Labs before founding HappyRobot, said his research background mattered less than expected. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

There is a clear scientific record that NPIs mattered and impacted Covid-19 transmission. — Thomas J. Bollyky, STAT, 31 July 2026