table of contents

US/ˈteɪbl̩ əv ˈkɑntɛnts/UK/ˈteɪbl̩ əv ˈkɒntɛnts/

noun

A list of titles of the parts of a book or document, organized in the order in which the parts appear.

Meanings

nountable of contents (plural tables of contents)

plural tables of contents

  1. A list of titles of the parts of a book or document, organized in the order in which the parts appear.
  2. A region of data on a compact disc that describes the contents that follow.

    Synonyms: TOC

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA region of data on a compact disc that describes the contents that follow.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

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Broader
listlistingtabletabular array
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans inhoudsopgawe
  • inhoudsopgaweorganized list summarizing book or document
Arabic فِهْرِس, مُحْتَوَيَات
  • فِهْرِس (fihris)organized list summarizing book or document
  • مُحْتَوَيَات (muḥtawayāt)organized list summarizing book or document
Basque aurkibide
  • aurkibideorganized list summarizing book or document
Bengali সূচিপত্র
  • সূচিপত্র (śucipotro)organized list summarizing book or document
Bulgarian съдържа́ние
  • съдържа́ние (sădăržánie)organized list summarizing book or document
Catalan taula de matèries
  • taula de matèriesorganized list summarizing book or document
Chinese Mandarin 目錄 /目录, 目次
  • 目錄 /目录 (mùlù)organized list summarizing book or document
  • 目次 (mùcì)organized list summarizing book or document
  • 篇目 (piānmù)organized list summarizing book or document
Czech obsah
  • obsahorganized list summarizing book or document
Danish indholdsfortegnelse
  • indholdsfortegnelseorganized list summarizing book or document
Dutch inhoud, inhoudstafel
  • inhoudorganized list summarizing book or document
  • inhoudstafelorganized list summarizing book or document
  • inhoudsopgaveorganized list summarizing book or document
Esperanto enhavtabelo
  • enhavtabeloorganized list summarizing book or document
Estonian sisukord
  • sisukordorganized list summarizing book or document
Finnish sisällysluettelo
  • sisällysluetteloorganized list summarizing book or document
French table des matières
  • table des matièresorganized list summarizing book or document
German Inhaltsverzeichnis, Inhalt
  • Inhaltsverzeichnisorganized list summarizing book or document
  • Inhaltorganized list summarizing book or document
Greek περιεχόμενα
  • περιεχόμενα (periechómena)organized list summarizing book or document
Hebrew תֹּכֶן הָעִנְיָנִים
  • תֹּכֶן הָעִנְיָנִים (tókhen ha-inyaním)organized list summarizing book or document
Hindi अनुक्रम, अनुक्रमणिका
  • अनुक्रम (anukram)organized list summarizing book or document
  • अनुक्रमणिका (anukramṇikā)organized list summarizing book or document
Hungarian tartalomjegyzék, tartalom
  • tartalomjegyzékorganized list summarizing book or document
  • tartalomorganized list summarizing book or document
Icelandic efnisyfirlit
  • efnisyfirlitorganized list summarizing book or document
Indonesian daftar isi
  • daftar isiorganized list summarizing book or document
Irish clár ábhair
  • clár ábhairorganized list summarizing book or document
Italian contenuti
  • contenutiorganized list summarizing book or document
Japanese 目次
  • 目次 (mokuji)organized list summarizing book or document
Korean 목차, 차례
  • 목차 (mokcha)organized list summarizing book or document
  • 차례 (charye)organized list summarizing book or document
Latvian saturs
  • satursorganized list summarizing book or document
Lithuanian turinys
  • turinysorganized list summarizing book or document
Malay fahrasat
  • fahrasatorganized list summarizing book or document
Māori rārangi upoko
  • rārangi upokoorganized list summarizing book or document
Norwegian Bokmål innholdsfortegnelse
  • innholdsfortegnelseorganized list summarizing book or document
Persian فهرست محتویات, فهرست
  • فهرست محتویات (fehrest-e mohtaviyât)organized list summarizing book or document
  • فهرست (fehrest)organized list summarizing book or document
  • فهرست مندرجات (fehrest-e mondarejât)organized list summarizing book or document
  • مندرجات (mondarejât)organized list summarizing book or document
Polish spis treści
  • spis treściorganized list summarizing book or document
Portuguese índice, sumário
  • índiceorganized list summarizing book or document
  • sumárioorganized list summarizing book or document
Romanian cuprins, tablă de materii
  • cuprinsorganized list summarizing book or document
  • tablă de materiiorganized list summarizing book or document
Russian содержа́ние, оглавле́ние
  • содержа́ние (soderžánije)organized list summarizing book or document
  • оглавле́ние (oglavlénije)organized list summarizing book or document
Slovak obsah
  • obsahorganized list summarizing book or document
Spanish sumario, índice de materias
  • sumarioorganized list summarizing book or document
  • índice de materiasorganized list summarizing book or document
  • tabla de contenidosorganized list summarizing book or document
Swahili yaliyomo
  • yaliyomoorganized list summarizing book or document
Swedish innehållsförteckning
  • innehållsförteckningorganized list summarizing book or document
Tagalog talalamanan, talaan ng nilalaman
  • talalamananorganized list summarizing book or document
  • talaan ng nilalamanorganized list summarizing book or document
Thai สารบัญ, สูจิ
  • สารบัญ (sǎa-rá-ban)organized list summarizing book or document
  • สูจิ (sǔu-jì)organized list summarizing book or document
Turkish fihrist, içindekiler
  • fihristorganized list summarizing book or document
  • içindekilerorganized list summarizing book or document
Ukrainian зміст, о́глав
  • зміст (zmist)organized list summarizing book or document
  • о́глав (óhlav)organized list summarizing book or document
Urdu فـﮩرست, سوچی پتر
  • فـﮩرست (fehrist)organized list summarizing book or document
  • سوچی پتر (sūcī-patr)organized list summarizing book or document
  • فہرست مضامین (fehrist-i-mazāmīn)organized list summarizing book or document
Vietnamese mục lục
  • mục lụcorganized list summarizing book or document
Welsh tabl cynnwys
  • tabl cynnwysorganized list summarizing book or document
Yiddish אינהאַלט
  • אינהאַלט (inhalt)organized list summarizing book or document
Cite this entry
APA

table of contents. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20of%20contents

MLA

“table of contents.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20of%20contents. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “table of contents,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/table%20of%20contents.

Source: table of contents on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.