Synonyms for theme
noun
A subject
topic, proposition, argument, thesis, text, subject matter, matter in hand, problem, question, point at issue, affair, business, point, case, thought, idea, line*, rag*, stuff*; see also issue 1, subject 1.
A recurrent melody
melody, motive, motif, leitmotif, thematic, statement, strain, air, tune, melodic subject, developed melody; see also song.
A short composition
essay, report, paper, term paper, research paper, dissertation, description, statement; see also exposition 2. See syn. study at subject.
See theme in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about:
argument, matter, point, subject, subject matter, text, topic. See meaningA relatively brief discourse written especially as an exercise:
composition, essay, paper. See wordsThe main part of a word to which affixes are attached:
base1, root1, stem. See words
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