Meanings
nouncontent word (plural content words)
plural content words
- human sciencesA word that is not a function word, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and most adverbs.
Synonyms: contentive, lexical word · Antonyms: function word, grammatical word, functor
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA word that is not a function word, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and most adverbs.
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Translations
Arabic كَلِمَة الْمُحْتَوَى
- كَلِمَة الْمُحْتَوَى (kalimat al-muḥtawā)Translations
Dutch inhoudswoord
- inhoudswoordTranslations
Finnish sisältösana
- sisältösanaTranslations
French mot plein, mot lexical
- mot pleinTranslations
- mot lexicalTranslations
German Autosemantikum, Inhaltswort
- AutosemantikumTranslations
- InhaltswortTranslations
Italian parola piena
- parola pienaTranslations
Japanese 内容語
- 内容語 (naiyōgo)Translations
Korean 어휘형태소
- 어휘형태소 (eohwihyeongtaeso)Translations
Polish wyraz samodzielny
- wyraz samodzielnyTranslations
Portuguese palavra lexical
- palavra lexicalTranslations
Russian знамена́тельное сло́во, самостоятельное сло́во
- знамена́тельное сло́во (znamenátelʹnoje slóvo)Translations
- самостоятельное сло́во (samostojatelʹnoje slóvo)Translations
- полнозначное сло́во (polnoznačnoje slóvo)Translations
Spanish palabra léxica, palabra pleremática
- palabra léxicaTranslations
- palabra pleremáticaTranslations
Turkish içerikli sözcük
- içerikli sözcükTranslations
Welsh gair cynnwys
- gair cynnwysTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
content word. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/content%20word
MLA
“content word.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/content%20word. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “content word,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/content%20word.
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