content
1. everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something (Freq. 12)
- he emptied the contents of his pockets
- the two groups were similar in content
• Hypernyms:
collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
2. what a communication that is about something is about (Freq. 8)
• Syn:
message, subject matter, substance
• Hypernyms:
communication
• Hyponyms:
body, corker, reminder, request, petition,
postulation, memorial, latent content, subject, topic, theme,
digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis, meaning,
significance, signification, import, nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality,
meaninglessness, hokum, drivel, garbage, acknowledgment, acknowledgement,
refusal, information, info, guidance, counsel, counseling,
counselling, direction, commitment, dedication, approval, commendation,
disapproval, respects, disrespect, discourtesy, interpolation, insertion,
statement, wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness,
opinion, view, instruction, proposal, offer, offering,
submission, entry, narrative, narration, story, tale,
promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging, sensationalism, shocker
3. the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc. (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms:
proportion
4. the amount that can be contained (Freq. 2)
- the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons
• Syn:
capacity
• Derivationally related forms:
contain, capacious (for: capacity)
• Hypernyms:
volume
• Hyponyms:
vital capacity
5. the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
cognitive content, mental object
• Hypernyms:
cognition, knowledge, noesis
• Hyponyms:
tradition, object, food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment,
noumenon, thing-in-itself, universe, universe of discourse, topic, subject,
issue, matter, idea, thought, kernel, substance,
core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart,
heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith,
sum, nitty-gritty, wisdom, representation, mental representation, internal representation,
belief, unbelief, disbelief, heresy, unorthodoxy, goal,
end, education, experience, acculturation, culture, lore,
traditional knowledge, ignorance, knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain, metaknowledge
6. the state of being contented with your situation in life (Freq. 1)
- he relaxed in sleepy contentedness
- they could read to their heart's content
• Syn:
contentedness
• Derivationally related forms:
contented (for: contentedness)
• Hypernyms:
acceptance
7. something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject
• Syn:
subject, depicted object
• Hypernyms:
thing
• Part Holonyms:
scene, view
1. satisfy in a limited way (Freq. 3)
- He contented himself with one glass of beer per day
• Derivationally related forms:
contentment
• Hypernyms:
limit, circumscribe, confine
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
2. make content (Freq. 2)
- I am contented
• Ant:
discontent
• Hypernyms:
satisfy, gratify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The good news will content her
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
- a contented smile
• Syn:
contented
• Ant:
discontented (for: contented)
• Similar to:
complacent, self-satisfied, self-complacent, satisfied, smug
• See Also:
happy, pleased
• Derivationally related forms:
contentedness (for: contented)
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