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 - (dated slang) a remarkable or excellent thing or person; "that story was a corker"

reminder - a message that helps you remember something; "he ignored his wife's reminders"

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"

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 ambiguous"

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

commendation, approval - a message expressing a favorable opinion; "words of approval seldom passed his lips"

respects - (often used with `pay') a formal expression of esteem; "he paid his respects to the mayor"

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"

sensationalism - subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes

shocker - a sensational message (in a film or play or novel)

proportion - 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

tradition - an inherited pattern of thought or action

object - the focus of cognitions or feelings; "objects of thought"; "the object of my affection"

noumenon, thing-in-itself - the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception

matter, topic, issue, subject - 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"

wisdom - accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

belief - any cognitive content held as true

heresy, unorthodoxy - a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion

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"

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

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"

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

pleased - experiencing or manifesting pleasure