theme

Meanings

• the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  • "his letters were always on the theme of love"
• a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
  • "it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme"
• (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
  • "the theme is announced in the first measures"
• an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
• provide with a particular theme or motive
  • "the restaurant often themes its menus"

Synonyms

base, composition, idea, melodic theme, motif, musical theme, paper, radical, report, root, root word, stem, subject, topic