Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) subject, topic, theme (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"
S: (n) theme, motif (a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work) "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
S: (n) theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition) "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
S: (n) flourish, fanfare, tucket ((music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments) "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare"
S: (n) glissando (a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale)
S: (n) roulade ((music) an elaborate run of several notes sung to one syllable)
S: (n) leitmotiv, leitmotif (a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas))
S: (n) theme song (a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie)
S: (n) theme, melodic theme, musical theme, idea ((music) melodic subject of a musical composition) "the theme is announced in the first measures"; "the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it"
S: (n) part, voice (the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music) "he tried to sing the tenor part"
S: (n) composition, paper, report, theme (an essay (especially one written as an assignment)) "he got an A on his composition"
S: (n) root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical ((linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed) "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Verb
S: (v) theme (provide with a particular theme or motive) "the restaurant often themes its menus"