Synonyms of content

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noun (1)

ˈkän-ˌtent 

1

as in topic

a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)

although I appreciate the poem's lyrical qualities, I don't understand its content

Synonyms & Similar Words

• topic
• matter
• theme
• motif
• subject
• question
• essence
• motive
• idea
• purpose
• issue
• substance
• problem
• subject matter
• core
• bulk
• consideration
• heart
• basis
• body
• fundamental
• mass
• burden
• count
• essential
• gist
• point
• net
• sum
• main
• nucleus
• argument
• kernel
• debate
• marrow
• crux
• talking point
• staple
• pivot
• generality
• pith
• keynote
• bottom
• affair
• purport
• grist
• centerpiece
• essentiality
• nub
• quick
• nubbin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tangent
• aside
• excursion
• parenthesis
• digression
• interjection

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as in coverage

the amount of something (as subject matter) included

judging from the table of contents, I'd have to say that this book covers most of the major topics in American history

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coverage
• scope
• membership
• participation
• range
• gamut
• sweep
• compass

3

as in meaning

the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action

the speech was filled with fine words but devoid of any real content

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meaning
• sense
• significance
• intent
• intention
• import
• definition
• message
• theme
• implication
• nature
• connotation
• drift
• stuff
• topic
• signification
• purport
• denotation
• suggestion
• indication
• essence
• tenor
• motive
• subject
• spirit
• acceptance
• clue
• soul
• cue
• hint
• heart
• burden
• core
• question
• matter
• bottom
• kernel
• intimation
• inkling
• marrow
• point
• nucleus
• gist
• motif
• essentiality
• crux
• acceptation
• pith
• nub
• quick

content

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noun (2)

kən-ˈtent 

as in enjoyment

the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met

slept to her heart's content on weekends

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enjoyment
• contentment
• satisfaction
• pleasure
• happiness
• delight
• joy
• gratification
• entertainment
• relish
• delectation
• contentedness
• gladness
• joyfulness
• amusement
• glee
• bliss
• ecstasy
• diversion
• comfort
• cheerfulness
• rapture
• intoxication
• exuberance
• exultation
• elation
• felicity
• gayety
• euphoria
• elatedness
• exhilaration
• gleefulness
• pleasance
• afterglow
• ease
• joie de vivre
• jubilation
• heaven
• jollity
• cheer
• gaiety
• restfulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dissatisfaction
• discontent
• unhappiness
• misery
• sadness
• unhappiness
• sorrow
• displeasure
• anguish
• depression
• wretchedness
• irritation
• anger
• discontentment
• discontentedness
• woe
• melancholy
• gloom
• desolation
• dejection
• aggravation
• annoyance
• fury
• rage
• agitation
• disturbance
• distress
• exasperation
• despondency
• vexation
• joylessness
• discomfort
• dispiritedness
• upset
• pique
• restlessness
• uneasiness

content

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adjective

kən-ˈtent 

as in satisfied

feeling that one's needs or desires have been met

are you content with your present salary?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• satisfied
• happy
• pleased
• contented
• joyful
• gratified
• joyous
• blissful
• delighted
• rejoicing
• jubilant
• thrilled
• enraptured
• rapturous
• euphoric
• glad
• ecstatic
• elated
• tickled
• overjoyed
• mollified
• pacified
• placated
• appeased

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unhappy
• dissatisfied
• discontented
• displeased
• discontent
• unsatisfied
• disgruntled
• displeased
• disaffected
• malcontent
• abject
• depressed
• aggrieved
• malcontented
• anguished
• discouraged
• downcast
• disconsolate
• dispirited
• despondent
• dejected
• disheartened
• brokenhearted
• downhearted

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verb

kən-ˈtent 

as in to please

to give satisfaction to

a person easily contented by life's simple pleasures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• please
• delight
• satisfy
• warm
• feast
• agree (with)
• suit
• entertain
• pleasure
• thrill
• amuse
• gratify
• gas
• glad
• gladden
• rejoice
• tickle
• appease
• comfort
• soothe
• excite
• placate
• charm
• calm
• cater (to)
• titillate
• satiate
• humor
• mollify
• quench
• treat
• pacify
• sate
• captivate
• divert
• galvanize
• assuage
• spoil
• indulge
• pamper
• coddle
• mollycoddle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• put out
• cross
• get
• bother
• bug
• anger
• outrage
• annoy
• irritate
• aggravate
• displease
• grate
• ruffle
• pique
• exasperate
• perturb
• gall
• vex
• irk
• chafe
• inflame
• provoke
• enrage
• incense
• distress
• infuriate
• rile
• upset
• steam up
• rouse
• disturb
• madden
• rankle
• agitate
• roil
• nettle
• fret
• peeve
• harass
• insult
• enflame
• offend
• harry
• pester
• affront

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of content

Noun

But over the years, she’s built a following of more than 100,000 on Instagram and brought finance content to a younger demographic than most finance gurus typically reach. —Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025

Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! —Escher Walcott, People.com, 29 June 2025

Adjective

As for walking down the aisle, the couple is content to take their time. —Sarah Jones, People.com, 11 June 2025

This past April, the current version of Greene was not content with his results. —Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 June 2025

Verb

External actuators were preferred in the early days of self-driving ground vehicles, when even the military, with all its resources, contented itself by grafting control technology onto existing vehicles, probably those that were ready for the scrap heap. —IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2015

Tibetans content themselves in places where the photograph is banned by worshipping instead Avalokitesvara, the thousand-armed bodhisattva of compassion whose likeness graces Tibetan monasteries. —Howard W. French, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021