contentment

Word parts

content + -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /kənˈtɛntmənt/

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Noun

Singular contentment

Plural contentments

1. Contentment is a feeling of being happy and satisfied.
   • Synonyms: satisfaction, gratification and pleasure
   • Antonyms: dissatisfaction, discontentment and disappointment

   The mother sighed with contentment when she held her baby.

2. A contentment is something that causes a feeling of happiness and satisfaction.

   Cicero found contentment in a garden or a library.

Related words

• content
• contented
• contentedly
• contently