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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: what a communication that is about something is about [syn: message, content, subject matter, substance]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1657 matter presented for consideration in discussion, thought, or study

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also subject-matter The subject matter of something such as a book, lecture, film, or painting is the thing that is being written about, discussed, or shown. Then, attitudes changed and artists were given greater freedom in their choice of subject matter... Her subject matter is herself. = subject

Moby Thesaurus

argument, basis, burden, case, chapter, concern, essence, focus of attention, focus of interest, gist, head, heading, issue, living issue, main point, matter, matter in hand, meat, motif, motive, point, point at issue, point in question, problem, question, rubric, subject, subject of thought, substance, text, theme, topic