content

1. 1.

   (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something

   “he emptied the contents of his pockets”

   “the two groups were similar in content”

   Synonymscontents

   Broadercollection
2. 2.

   what a communication that is about something is about

   Synonymsmessagesubject mattersubstance

   Broadercommunication

   Narrowerbodycorkerreminderrequestmemoriallatent contentsubjectdigressionmeaningnonsense
3. 3.

   the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.

   Broaderproportion
4. 4.

   the amount that can be contained

   “the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons”

   Synonymscapacity

   Broadervolume

   Narrowervital capacity
5. 5.

   the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

   Synonymscognitive contentmental object

   Broadercognition

   Narrowertraditionobjectfoodnoumenonuniversetopicissueideakernelwisdom
6. 6.

   the state of being contented with your situation in life

   “he relaxed in sleepy contentedness”

   “they could read to their heart's content”

   Synonymscontentedness

   Broaderacceptance
7. 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”

   Synonymssubjectdepicted object

   Broaderthing

   Part ofscene

1. 1.

   satisfy in a limited way

   “He contented himself with one glass of beer per day”

   Broaderfit
2. 2.

   make content

   “I am contented”

   Antonymsdiscontent

   Broadersatisfy

1. 1.

   satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are

   “a contented smile”

   Synonymscontented

   Similarcomplacentsatisfiedsmug

Other forms of content

plural

contents·

past tense

contented·

present participle

contenting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about content

What does content mean?

content means "(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in content?

content has 2 syllables: con-tent. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑntɛnt/.

What is another word for content?

Close synonyms include contents, message, subject matter, substance, capacity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of content?

The recorded antonyms are discontent.

Is content a common word?

content is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.