THEMES Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

themes

noun

plural of theme

as in topics

a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition) this dance piece deals with the timeless themes of birth and death

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as in articles

a short piece of writing done as a school exercise please write a one page theme on the main character of this book

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as in essays

a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view the magazine will award a scholarship to the student who writes the best theme on the concept of personal freedom

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Recent Examples of themes The basic themes of Hearst’s life and the novels that dramatize it remain distressingly relevant. —

Literary Hub, 21 May 2026 Marcus Morris-Eyton, a portfolio manager at AllianceBernstein, said the sector’s recent selloff has created more attractive entry points into long-term military spending themes. —

Hugh Leask, CNBC, 20 May 2026 Related Stories For decades, mainstream Hollywood entertainment generally shied away from environmental themes out of concern that audiences would see it as homework, or even worse, as proselytizing. —

Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 May 2026 Artificial intelligence was one of the defining themes throughout the summit, not simply as a future trend but as a present operational reality already changing how entrepreneurs build and scale companies. —

Natalie Madeira Cofield, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Overlapping themes The condemned have expressed some of the same sentiments in the modern era of Texas’ death penalty. —

Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026 Blending high-stakes aerial combat, advanced technology, and themes of courage, identity, and discovery, the series explores both the secrets of the galaxy and Spensa’s growth from an outsider into a key figure in humanity’s fight for survival. —

Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 May 2026 Changes at L’Ostrica At L’Ostrica in Madison Park, there have always been multiple options for guests to try the restaurant outside of its tasting menu, offering lunch service, casual bites at the bar, brunches and pop-up style Sunday Suppers with rotating themes. —

Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026 Life Karabash, born as Irena Ivanova, grew up in a village called Aleksandrovo in Lovech province, a place where patriarchal norms were deeply ingrained—a fact that would later influence themes in her writing. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 May 2026

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Noun

The conservatism that would eventually hobble the daytime soap had its roots in this era, when soap viewers with especially fragile sensibilities had specific conceptions of what topics a soap should cover and made no bones about airing their protests.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
The full feature slate spans material on topics including the Southport riots, fracking in West Texas, the Rohingya refugee crisis, bride slavery in India, artificial intelligence and the deforestation of Canada’s Boreal Forest.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 May 2026