content

Roget category 831

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.1. Passive affections

#831. Content

noun

content, contentment, contentedness — complacency, satisfaction, entire satisfaction, ease, heart's ease, peace of mind — serenity etc. 826 — cheerfulness etc. 836 — ray of comfort — comfort etc. (well-being) 827.
reconciliation — resignation etc. (patience) 826.
[person who is contented] waiter on Providence.

verb

be content etc. adj. — rest satisfied, rest and be thankful — take the good the gods provide, let well alone, let well enough alone, feel oneself at home, hug oneself, lay the flattering unction to one's soul.
take up with, take in good part — accept, tolerate — consent etc. 762 — acquiesce, assent etc. 488 — be reconciled to, make one's peace with — get over it — take heart, take comfort — put up with etc. (bear) 826.
render content etc. adj. — set at ease, comfort — set one's heart at ease, set one's mind at ease, set one's heart at rest, set one's mind at rest — speak peace — conciliate, reconcile, win over, propitiate, disarm, beguile — content, satisfy — gratify etc. 829.
be tolerated etc. 826 — go down, go down well, go down with — do — be OK.

adjective

content, contented — satisfied etc. v. — at ease, at one's ease, at home — with the mind at ease, sans souci [Fr.], sine cura [Lat.], easygoing, not particular — conciliatory — unrepining^†, of good comfort — resigned etc. (patient) 826 — cheerful etc. 836.
unafflicted, unvexed^†, unmolested, unplagued^† — serene etc. 826 — at rest, snug, comfortable — in one's element.
satisfactory, tolerable, good enough, OK, all right, acceptable.

adverb

contently^†, contentedly, to one's heart's content — a la bonne heure [Fr.] — all for the best.

interjection

amen etc. (assent) 488 — very well, all the better, so much the better, well and good — it will do, that will do — it cannot be helped.

phrase

nothing comes amiss.
a heart with room for every joy" [Bailey]; ich habe genossen das irdische Gluck ich habe gelebt ich habe genossen das irdische Gluck ich habe gelebt und geliebet [G.] [Schiller]; nor cast one longing lingering look behind" [Gray]; shut up in measureless content" [Macbeth]; sweet are the thoughts that savor of content" [R. Greene]; their wants but few their wishes all their wants but few their wishes all confined" [Goldsmith]; might as well relax and enjoy it.

The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.

Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.

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