theme

Nouns

  • (n) 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
    subject, topic,
  • (n) a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
    • it was the usual "boy gets girl" theme
    motif,
  • (n) (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
    • the theme is announced in the first measures
    • the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it
    melodic theme, musical theme, idea,
  • (n) an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
    • he got an A on his composition
    paper, report, composition,
  • (n) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
    • thematic vowels are part of the stem
    root word, stem, root, radical, base,

Verbs

  • (v) provide with a particular theme or motive
    • the restaurant often themes its menus

Synonyms

subject topic motif melodic theme musical theme idea paper report composition root word stem root radical base

Words of close approximity

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theme park theme song