Definition for Motif:

• In literature and the fine arts, a salient feature or element of a composition or work; esp., the theme, or central or dominant feature;

Synonyms for Motif:

• n.

  •
  • art nouveau,
  • camp,
  • brushwork,
  • arts and crafts,
  • baroque,
  • agitprop,
  • main feature,
  • aquatint,
  • art deco,
  • abstract expressionism,
  • the avant-garde.
  •
  • counterpoint,
  • excerpt,
  • descant,
  • flourish,
  • crescendo,
  • arpeggio,
  • breakbeat,
  • cadence,
  • coda,
  • accompaniment,
  • part.
  •
  • arrangement,
  • argyle,
  • check,
  • chronology,
  • coloration,
  • configuration,
  • column,
  • array,
  • articulation,
  • arabesque.
  •artifact (noun)
  • motif,
  • motive.
  •central theme (noun)
  • structure,
  • concept,
  • notion,
  • logo.
  •chorus (noun)
  • under songs,
  • under song,
  • undersongs,
  • main sections,
  • ritornelles,
  • under-song,
  • under-songs,
  • recurrent verses.
  •design (noun)
  • de-signs,
  • de sign,
  • de-sign,
  • de signs.
  •figure (noun)
  • re presentations,
  • re-presentations,
  • re presentation.
  •point (noun)
  • name the game,
  • pro-positions,
  • pro position,
  • main ideas,
  • pro positions,
  • nittygritty,
  • nuts bolts,
  • name game.
  •subject (noun)
  • matter hand,
  • principal objects,
  • field reference.
  •symbol (noun)
  • de-notations,
  • de notation,
  • de-notation,
  • de notations.
  •symbolic representation (noun)
  • Iconography.
  •theme (noun)
  • point issue.
  •topic (noun)
  • postulation,
  • query,
  • hypothesis,
  • essay,
  • position,
  • issue,
  • text,
  • argument,
  • opinion,
  • inference,
  • question,
  • basis,
  • presumption,
  • problem,
  • paradigm,
  • theorem,
  • principle,
  • thesis,
  • assumption,
  • conjecture,
  • axiom,
  • exposition,
  • consideration,
  • dissertation,
  • belief,
  • premise,
  • statement,
  • assertion,
  • contention.
  •tune (noun)
  • de scants,
  • melodias,
  • de-scant,
  • diapasons,
  • de scant,
  • de-scants.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • leitmotiv.

Paraphrases for Motif:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    leitmotif.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Foci, topic, justification, basis, matter.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    theme, motivation.

Antonyms for Motif:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    digression, tangent, excursion, parenthesis, aside, interjection.

Motif Sentence Examples:

• However, we know of no earlier source for this motif than the story of Audunn.

• It was the Cophetua and Beggar Maid motif but it left him cold.

Homophones for Motif:

• midwife, mouth off, monotype, modify, meditative, mud puppy, motive, mid-off, mat up, meat pie, meadow pea, mutative, mount up, matte up, muddy up, mudhif, matt-up, man and wife, manitoba, mdiv, mouth bow, Minamata Bay, made-up, mud pie.

Hypernym for Motif:

• n.

  • communication
    obbligato, obligato.

Hyponym for Motif:

• n.

  • artifact
    figure, pattern, design.
  • communication
    theme, idea, musical theme, melodic theme.