aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole

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 - a remarkable or astounding message; "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, parenthesis, aside - 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 ambigtuous"

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

proportion, proportionality - the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

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

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

subject, topic, matter, issue - 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, pith, gist, kernel, substance, nub, meat, sum, core, center, heart, marrow - 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

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 - the content of a particular domain or field of knowledge

metaknowledge - knowledge about knowledge

acceptance - the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club"

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"

confine, limit, circumscribe - restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

gratify, satisfy - make happy or satisfied

happy - enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"

pleased - experiencing or manifesting pleasure