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topic

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of topic

a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)

the topic of his poem is the love that is shown in quiet actions rather than expressed in words

Synonyms of topic

content, matter, motif, motive, question, subject, theme

Words Related to topic

count, idea, point, purpose

consideration, issue, problem

body, bulk, burden, centerpiece, core, crux, essence, fundamental, generality, gist, grist, heart, kernel, keynote, main, marrow, mass, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, purport, quick, staple, substance, sum

bottom, essential, essentiality

affair, argument, debate

Near Antonyms of topic

aside, digression, excursion, interjection, parenthesis, tangent

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