Noun

• S: (n) subject (subject%1:10:00::), topic (topic%1:10:00::), theme (theme%1:10:00::) (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 (theme%1:09:01::), motif (motif%1:09:00::) (a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work) "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
• S: (n) theme (theme%1:10:02::), melodic theme (melodic_theme%1:10:00::), musical theme (musical_theme%1:10:00::), idea (idea%1:10:00::) ((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) composition (composition%1:10:00::), paper (paper%1:10:01::), report (report%1:10:02::), theme (theme%1:10:01::) (an essay (especially one written as an assignment)) "he got an A on his composition"
• S: (n) root (root%1:10:00::), root word (root_word%1:10:00::), base (base%1:10:00::), stem (stem%1:10:01::), theme (theme%1:10:03::), radical (radical%1:10:02::) ((linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed) "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

Verb

• S: (v) theme (theme%2:40:00::) (provide with a particular theme or motive) "the restaurant often themes its menus"