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Synonyms for motif
moʊˈtifmo·tif
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Princeton's WordNet
motif, motivenoun
a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
Synonyms:
motivation, motive, need, thememotif, motivenoun
a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
Synonyms:
motivation, motive, need, themetheme, motifnoun
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
"it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
Synonyms:
composition, theme, report, idea, topic, paper, musical theme, root, base, melodic theme, motive, subject, root word, stem, radical
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
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| #183 | need | |
| #224 | report | |
| #259 | subject | |
| #524 | topic | |
| #577 | paper | |
| #988 | base | |
| #1234 | idea | |
| #1246 | reason | |
| #1346 | ground | |
| #1955 | root | |
| #2168 | theme | |
| #4365 | composition | |
| #5836 | stem | |
| #6963 | radical | |
| #7769 | motivation | |
| #13930 | motif | |
| #16875 | motive |
How to use motif in a sentence?
It really is celebratory about movies and yet it's kind of cheeky in a way, but yet it has a beautiful musical motif which... we integrate throughout the show as kind of a call-back theme.
The souvenir plays on Marx's criticism of capitalism and of course the 0-euro note fits perfectly with Marx as a motif.
Translations for motif
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- motiuCatalan, Valencian
- motivCzech
- MotivGerman
- μοτίβοGreek
- motivoSpanish
- aihio, aihe, motiivi, kuvioFinnish
- motifFrench
- ùrlarScottish Gaelic
- モチーフ, 主題Japanese
- motivoPortuguese
- мотивRussian
- motivSwedish
- 主题Chinese
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