contentment

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /kənˈtɛntmənt/ UK /kənˈtɛntmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a state of peaceful happiness and satisfaction

He found quiet contentment tending his small garden each evening.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a state of peaceful... satisfaction contentedness happiness ease serenity gratification peace

Opposites

discontent dissatisfaction restlessness unhappiness

Word family

Related forms content contented contentedness

Etymology

From Middle French contentement, from contenter ('to satisfy'), from Latin contentus ('satisfied, contained'), past participle of continere ('to hold together').

contentus Latin continere Latin

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# contentment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kənˈtɛntmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈtɛntmənt/

## Meanings
1. a state of peaceful happiness and satisfaction

## Examples
- He found quiet contentment tending his small garden each evening.

## Synonyms
- satisfaction
- contentedness
- happiness
- ease
- serenity
- gratification
- peace

## Antonyms
- discontent
- dissatisfaction
- restlessness
- unhappiness

## Related Forms
- content
- contented
- contentedness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: contentus
- Root: continere

## Etymology
From Middle French contentement, from contenter ('to satisfy'), from Latin contentus ('satisfied, contained'), past participle of continere ('to hold together').

## AI Etymology
Contentment is from Middle French contentement, from contenter ('to satisfy'), from Latin contentus ('satisfied, contained'), past participle of continere ('to hold together'). The ancestry passes through Latin contentus and Latin continere. In present use as a noun, it means "a state of peaceful happiness and satisfaction", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include content, contented, and contentedness. Its contrast set includes discontent, dissatisfaction, restlessness, and unhappiness, which clarifies the semantic boundary of the modern word.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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