reading material

noun

Anything produced for the purpose of being read; a collective term for books, magazines, newspapers, etc.; reading matter.

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Meanings

nounreading material (countable and uncountable, plural reading materials)

plural reading materials

  1. countableuncountableAnything produced for the purpose of being read; a collective term for books, magazines, newspapers, etc.; reading matter.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwritten material intended to be read

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans leesstof
  • leesstofanything produced for reading
Chinese Mandarin 讀物 /读物
  • 讀物 /读物 (dúwù)anything produced for reading
Danish læsestof
  • læsestofanything produced for reading
Finnish lukeminen, luettava
  • lukeminenanything produced for reading
  • luettavaanything produced for reading
  • lukemistoanything produced for reading
French matériel de lecture
  • matériel de lectureanything produced for reading
German Lesestoff
  • Lesestoffanything produced for reading
Hungarian olvasnivaló, olvasmány
  • olvasnivalóanything produced for reading
  • olvasmányanything produced for reading
Indonesian bacaan
  • bacaananything produced for reading
Italian materiale di lettura
  • materiale di letturaanything produced for reading
Japanese 読み物
  • 読み物anything produced for reading
Norwegian Bokmål lesestoff
  • lesestoffanything produced for reading
Polish lektura
  • lekturaanything produced for reading
Portuguese material de leitura
  • material de leituraanything produced for reading
Russian материа́л для чте́ния
  • материа́л для чте́ния (materiál dlja čténija)anything produced for reading
Spanish material de lectura
  • material de lecturaanything produced for reading
Ukrainian матеріа́л для чита́ння
  • матеріа́л для чита́ння (materiál dlja čytánnja)anything produced for reading
Cite this entry
APA

reading material. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20material

MLA

“reading material.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20material. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reading material,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reading%20material.

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