| content | | |
| n. (group) | 1. content | 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" |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| n. (communication) | 2. content, message, subject matter, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups. |
| ~ body | the central message of a communication.; "the body of the message was short" |
| ~ corker | (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person.; "that story was a corker" |
| ~ reminder | a message that helps you remember something.; "he ignored his wife's reminders" |
| ~ petition, request, postulation | a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. |
| ~ memorial | a written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority. |
| ~ latent content | (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream. |
| ~ subject, theme, topic | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion.; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" |
| ~ digression, divagation, excursus, aside, parenthesis | a message that departs from the main subject. |
| ~ meaning, signification, import, significance | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| ~ hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk | a message that seems to convey no meaning. |
| ~ drivel, garbage | a worthless message. |
| ~ acknowledgement, acknowledgment | a statement acknowledging something or someone.; "she must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment"; "the preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her" |
| ~ refusal | a message refusing to accept something that is offered. |
| ~ info, information | a message received and understood. |
| ~ counseling, counselling, guidance, counsel, direction | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
| ~ dedication, commitment | a message that makes a pledge. |
| ~ commendation, approval | a message expressing a favorable opinion.; "words of approval seldom passed his lips" |
| ~ disapproval | the expression of disapproval. |
| ~ respects | (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem.; "he paid his respects to the mayor" |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| ~ insertion, interpolation | a message (spoken or written) that is introduced or inserted.; "with the help of his friend's interpolations his story was eventually told"; "with many insertions in the margins" |
| ~ statement | a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc.; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" |
| ~ statement | a nonverbal message.; "a Cadillac makes a statement about who you are"; "his tantrums are a statement of his need for attention" |
| ~ humor, wit, witticism, wittiness, humour | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
| ~ opinion, view | a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" |
| ~ instruction, direction | a message describing how something is to be done.; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
| ~ proposal | something proposed (such as a plan or assumption). |
| ~ offering, offer | something offered (as a proposal or bid).; "noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds" |
| ~ submission, entry | something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition).; "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?" |
| ~ narration, narrative, story, tale | a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program.; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children" |
| ~ promotion, promotional material, publicity, packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution.; "the packaging of new ideas" |
| ~ sensationalism | subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes. |
| ~ shocker | a sensational message (in a film or play or novel). |
| n. (linkdef) | 3. content | the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.. |
| ~ proportion | the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. capacity, content | the amount that can be contained.; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" |
| ~ volume | the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object.; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume" |
| ~ vital capacity | the maximum amount of air that can be exhaled after a maximum inhalation (usually tested with a spirometer); used to determine the condition of lung tissue. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. cognitive content, content, mental object | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ tradition | an inherited pattern of thought or action. |
| ~ object | the focus of cognitions or feelings.; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection" |
| ~ food for thought, intellectual nourishment, food | anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking. |
| ~ noumenon, thing-in-itself | the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception. |
| ~ universe of discourse, universe | everything stated or assumed in a given discussion. |
| ~ matter, topic, issue, subject | some situation or event that is thought about.; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" |
| ~ issue | an important question that is in dispute and must be settled.; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, gist, pith, substance, kernel, meat, nub, core, sum, center, heart, marrow, centre | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" |
| ~ wisdom | accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment. |
| ~ internal representation, mental representation, representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. |
| ~ belief | any cognitive content held as true. |
| ~ unbelief, disbelief | a rejection of belief. |
| ~ heresy, unorthodoxy | a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion. |
| ~ goal, end | the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it.; "the ends justify the means" |
| ~ education | knowledge acquired by learning and instruction.; "it was clear that he had a very broad education" |
| ~ experience | the content of direct observation or participation in an event.; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" |
| ~ acculturation, culture | all the knowledge and values shared by a society. |
| ~ lore, traditional knowledge | knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote.; "early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend" |
| ~ ignorance | the lack of knowledge or education. |
| ~ knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge. |
| ~ metaknowledge | knowledge about knowledge. |
| n. (state) | 6. content, contentedness | the state of being contented with your situation in life.; "he relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their heart's content" |
| ~ acceptance | the state of being acceptable and accepted.; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. content, depicted object, subject | 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" |
| ~ thing | a separate and self-contained entity. |
| ~ scene, view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" |
| v. (consumption) | 8. content | satisfy in a limited way.; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day" |
| ~ circumscribe, confine, limit | restrict or confine,.; "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" |
| v. (emotion) | 9. content | make content.; "I am contented" |
| ~ gratify, satisfy | make happy or satisfied. |
| adj. | 10. content, contented | satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are.; "a contented smile" |
| ~ complacent, self-complacent, self-satisfied | contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions.; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity" |
| ~ satisfied | filled with satisfaction.; "a satisfied customer" |
| ~ self-satisfied, smug | marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction.; "a smug glow of self-congratulation" |
| ~ happy | enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
| ~ pleased | experiencing or manifesting pleasure. |
| volume | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. volume | the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object.; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume" |
| ~ quantity, measure, amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
| ~ capacity measure, capacity unit, cubage unit, cubature unit, cubic content unit, cubic measure, displacement unit, volume unit | a unit of measurement of volume or capacity. |
| ~ capacity, content | the amount that can be contained.; "the gas tank has a capacity of 12 gallons" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. bulk, mass, volume | the property of something that is great in magnitude.; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports" |
| ~ magnitude | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small).; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" |
| ~ dollar volume, turnover | the volume measured in dollars.; "the store's dollar volume continues to rise" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. book, volume | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together.; "he used a large book as a doorstop" |
| ~ album | a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc. |
| ~ book binding, cover, binding, back | the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book.; "the book had a leather binding" |
| ~ coffee-table book | an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table. |
| ~ folio | a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages.; "the first folio of Shakespeare's plays" |
| ~ fore edge, foredge | the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine. |
| ~ hardback, hardcover | a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers. |
| ~ journal | a record book as a physical object. |
| ~ novel | a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction.; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels" |
| ~ order book | a book in which customers' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order. |
| ~ paper-back book, paperback, paperback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback book | a book with paper covers. |
| ~ picture book | a book consisting chiefly of pictures. |
| ~ product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| ~ sketch block, sketch pad, sketchbook | a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn. |
| ~ backbone, spine | the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved.; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book" |
| ~ notebook | a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda. |
| n. (communication) | 4. volume | a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications.; "the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review" |
| ~ publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution. |
| ~ set | a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used.; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" |
| n. (quantity) | 5. volume | a relative amount.; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water" |
| ~ quantity, measure, amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
| n. (attribute) | 6. intensity, loudness, volume | the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction).; "the kids played their music at full volume" |
| ~ sound property | an attribute of sound. |
| ~ crescendo | (music) a gradual increase in loudness. |
| ~ fortissimo, forte | (music) loud. |
| copulate | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. copulate, couple, mate, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| ~ nick | mate successfully; of livestock. |
| ~ conjoin, join | make contact or come together.; "The two roads join here" |
| ~ be intimate, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, lie with, make love, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, hump, jazz, bed, love, bang, make out, know | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ tread | mate with.; "male birds tread the females" |
| ~ service, serve | mate with.; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes" |
| ~ deflower, ruin | deprive of virginity.; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" |
| ~ mount, ride | copulate with.; "The bull was riding the cow" |
| ~ breed, cover | copulate with a female, used especially of horses.; "The horse covers the mare" |
| ~ bugger, sodomise, sodomize | practice anal sex upon. |
| ~ sodomise, sodomize | copulate with an animal. |
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