usually plural Everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something:
— He emptied the contents of his pockets.

synonym: content.

Roget 56: component; component part, integral part, integrant part^†; element, constituent, ingredient, leaven; part and parcel; contents; appurtenance; feature; member etc. (part) 51; personnel.    ... show more

Roget 190: contents; cargo, lading, freight, shipment, load, bale, burden, jag; cartload^†, shipload; cup of, basket of, etc. (receptacle) 191 of; inside etc. 221; stuffing, ullage.    ... show more

Roget 221: interiority; inside, interior; interspace^†, subsoil, substratum; intrados.    contents etc. 190; substance, pith, marrow; backbone etc. (center) 222; heart, bosom, breast; abdomen; vitals, viscera, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterings^†, womb, lap; penetralia [Lat.], recesses, innermost recesses; cave etc. (concavity) 252.    ... show more

Roget 596: compend, compendium; abstract, precis, epitome, multum in parvo [Lat.], analysis, pandect^†, digest, sum and substance, brief, abridgment, summary, apercu, draft, minute, note; excerpt; synopsis, textbook, conspectus, outlines, syllabus, contents, heads, prospectus.    album; scrap book, note book, memorandum book, commonplace book; extracts, excerpta^†, cuttings; fugitive pieces, fugitive writing; spicilegium^†, flowers, anthology, collectanea^†, analecta^†; compilation.    recapitulation, resume, review.    abbreviation, abbreviature^†; contraction; shortening etc. 201; compression etc. 195.    ... show more

Dutch: inhoud
Polish: zawartość

A list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start.

synonym: table of contents.

Roget 86: list, catalog, catalogue, inventory; register etc. (record) 551.    account; bill, bill of costs; terrier; tally, listing, itemization; atlas; book, ledger; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; tableau; invoice, bill of lading; prospectus; bill of fare, menu, carte [Fr.]; score, census, statistics, returns.    [list of topics in a document] contents, table of contents, outline; synopsis.    [written list used as an aid to memory] checklist.    table, chart, database; index, inverted file, word list, concordance.    dictionary, lexicon; vocabulary, glossary; thesaurus.    file, card index, card file, rolodex, address book.    Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre [Fr.]; directory, gazetter^†.    almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha^†, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac; who's who; Guiness's Book of World Records.    roll; check roll, checker roll, bead roll; muster roll, muster book; roster, panel, jury list; cartulary, diptych.    ... show more

Dutch: bladwijzer, inhoud, inhoudsopgave, inhoudstafel, register