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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.7 / 7 votes

  1. theme

    A topic (Greek topos, place) is a head of discourse. Since a topic for discussion is often stated in the form of a question, question has come to be extensively used to denote a debatable topic, especially of a practical nature — an issue; as, the labor question; the temperance question. In deliberative assemblies a proposition presented or moved for acceptance is called a motion, and such a motion or other matter for consideration is known as the question, since it is or may be stated in interrogative form to be answered by each member with a vote of "aye" or "no;" a member is required to speak to the question; the chairman puts the question. In speaking or writing the general subject or theme may be termed the topic, tho it is more usual to apply the latter term to the subordinate divisions, points, or heads of discourse; as, to enlarge on this topic would carry me too far from my subject; a pleasant drive will suggest many topics for conversation.

    Synonyms:
    division, head, issue, matter, motion, point, proposition, question, subject, topic

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. theme

    Synonyms:
    topic, thesis, disquisition, subject, discourse, essay

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 19 votes

  1. subject, topic, themenoun

    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"

    Synonyms:
    national, paper, content, topic, radical, composition, subject, issue, motif, discipline, base, case, subject area, musical theme, matter, root word, depicted object, study, stem, guinea pig, report, melodic theme, idea, subject field, root, field, field of study, bailiwick

  2. theme, motifnoun

    a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work

    "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"

    Synonyms:
    composition, report, idea, topic, paper, musical theme, root, base, melodic theme, motive, subject, root word, stem, motif, radical

  3. theme, melodic theme, musical theme, ideanoun

    (music) melodic subject of a musical composition

    "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"

    Synonyms:
    musical theme, paper, thought, radical, topic, composition, subject, report, motif, base, idea, approximation, estimate, stem, mind, root, melodic theme, root word, estimation

  4. composition, paper, report, themenoun

    an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

    "he got an A on his composition"

    Synonyms:
    make-up, idea, subject, base, piece, paper, report card, physical composition, makeup, radical, musical theme, report, study, typography, root, news report, reputation, authorship, topic, written report, newspaper publisher, piece of music, newspaper, penning, melodic theme, composition, story, motif, stem, root word, constitution, write up, composing, writing, opus, account, musical composition

  5. root, root word, base, stem, theme, radicalverb

    (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

    "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

    Synonyms:
    al-Qaeda, idea, groundwork, al-Qaida, ascendent, base, substructure, composition, paper, fundament, motif, prow, ascendant, basis, group, understructure, shank, stalk, nucleotide, report, foundation, etymon, radical, root, subject, floor, bow, fore, topic, free radical, melodic theme, source, ancestor, foot, antecedent, musical theme, infrastructure, alkali, cornerstone, origin, pedestal, home, rootage, tooth root, stem, base of operations, radix, root word, stand, stem turn, solution, beginning, chemical group, al-Qa'ida, bag

  6. themeverb

    provide with a particular theme or motive

    "the restaurant often themes its menus"

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. topic

    a subject for a work of literature or music.

    Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. themenoun

    Synonyms:
    subject, topic, text, thesis

  2. themenoun

    Synonyms:
    essay (as a school exercise), dissertation,, URSA MAJOR

  3. themenoun

    Synonyms:
    (Gram.) radical word

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How to use theme in a sentence?

  1. Laith Khalef:

    That's a pretty big stimulus to those oil consumers, but we haven't really seen it yet, that's a theme that perhaps is not being played out in the market. Part of the reason the fuel price benefit is more muffled than in previous cycles, analysts say, is because consumers are paying down their own debt, uncertain about their future wage growth. Another reason is that there are more things to spend money on that are not tracked by traditional measures, such as online home-sharing service Airbnb or car ride service Uber.

  2. Di Girolamo:

    A key theme is family, the new families, the new order, the families of our times that are different, same-sex families or multi-parent families, it reflects on what is happening today. As a symbolic element, the fire is important in the film, as an element of destruction and creation, it also reflects who Ema is.

  3. Sameer Samana:

    It's a secular theme for us, developments in automation and the internet of things give these companies a long shelf life.

  4. Pete Buttigieg:

    I think anybody in this process needs to demonstrate how they will represent people of any faith, people of no faith, but I also think the time has come to reclaim faith as a theme, the idea that the only way a religious person could enter politics is through the prism of the religious right, I just dont think that makes sense.

  5. Helen Lau:

    Going into 2016, the overall theme will still be there, with demand still weak as China steers away from high energy-intensive industrial growth and the replacement (of coal) by other energy sources continues.


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