Synonyms for theme
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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

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1. theme

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

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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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1. topic

   a subject for a work of literature or music.

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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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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1. List of paraphrases for "theme":

   topic, thematic, item, themes, subject, issue, thème, topics, focus, matter, motto, slogan, subjects

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1. Charles Krauthammer:

   I think this argument between him and the Wall Street Journal over what is essentially two percent of the rate, I think it's slightly overexaggerated. It's not going to make any difference in the real world if there's a one or two percent lower rate, and I think what's he's doing is trying to win votes with the sweetener of the child tax credit, there's nothing wrong with that. And it's true that a pudding has to have a theme, but a tax plan doesn't have to have a theme. The theme here is that you're lowering the rate, particularly on the corporate side. You're lowering the tax on investment and return, capital gains, which is what everybody on the right has always said is the engine to drive growth. So, you've got very serious pro-growth elements in here, and you've got a sweetener for the child tax credit, that that's a rejection of Reaganism I find slightly over the top.

2. Robert A. Heinlein:

   Remind me to write an article on the compulsive reading of news. The theme will be that most neuroses can be traced to the unhealthy habit of wallowing in the troubles of five billion strangers.

3. Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida:

   Japan would like to work with the countries of the Mekong region to create a framework to support efforts by the Mekong countries in a detailed manner, on a region-by-region basis or on a theme-by-theme basis.

4. John Steinbeck:

   In every bit of honest writing in the world, there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love.

5. Stanley Kubrick:

   A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.