MATERIALIST Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

materialist

noun

Definition of materialist

as in philistine

a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture a materialist who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

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For decades, the town has been a preferred, if slightly under-the-radar, address for tech founders, venture capitalists, and business executives drawn to its estate-sized lots, exceptional privacy, and proximity to Silicon Valley and San Francisco.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026
El-Sayed does not identify as a socialist and calls himself a capitalist.

— Maham Javaid, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026

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Embracing a visual vocabulary of the lowbrow and the rudimentary is a tried-and-true method of rebelling against a culture that feels vapid or corporatized.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 May 2026
Executives at NBCUniversal frame Bravo as a brand that represents a particular type of lowbrow-highbrow reality TV, and that even if the channel vanished, the brand could live on.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026

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An Illinois teen has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly committing a deadly stabbing attack while dressed in a clown outfit.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Tyquan Thornton Tyquan Thornton is not only known for being a speedster, with one of the fastest combine times in history, but a class clown as well.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

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