A silver halide material as claimed in claim 6, wherein the Y is a compound selected from the group consisting of (II), (III), (IV) and (V): ##STR18## wherein W is --S-- or --N(R3)--, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each a substituent selected so as to adjust the diffusibility to 0.4 or more, and i represents 1 or 4.