theme
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
he didn't want to discuss that subject
Types & categories
- subject matter hypernym
- bone of contention hyponym
- precedent hyponym
- question hyponym
- keynote hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
provide with a particular theme or motive
the restaurant often themes its menus
Types & categories
- supply hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- thematic derivation
Sense 4 noun
(music) melodic subject of a musical composition
the theme is announced in the first measures
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
he got an A on his composition
Types & categories
- essay hypernym
- term paper hyponym
Sense 6 noun
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
thematic vowels are part of the stem
Types & categories
- form hypernym
Related & opposite
- stem derivation
- stem derivation
- linguistics domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thematic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | topical |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject matter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bone of contention |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | precedent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | question |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | keynote |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | supply |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | thematic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | thought |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | topos |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thematic |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | tune |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | motive |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | statement |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | variation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | essay |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | term paper |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | stem |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | stem |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | linguistics |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | form |