Definition for Topic:

• A subject of discourse; a theme.

Synonyms for Topic:

• n.

  •
  • ground,
  • item.
  •affair (noun)
  • pro-vinces,
  • trans action,
  • pro-vince,
  • trans actions,
  • trans-actions,
  • office functions,
  • pro vinces,
  • trans-action,
  • under-taking,
  • under-takings,
  • under taking,
  • under takings,
  • pro vince.
  •business (noun)
  • Hanky Panky,
  • beeswax,
  • functions,
  • goings-on.
  •content (noun)
  • content.
  •gist (noun)
  • sub stance,
  • sub stances,
  • nuts bolts,
  • sub-stance,
  • up shot,
  • name game,
  • nature beast,
  • sub-stances,
  • up-shots,
  • nature the beast,
  • up shots,
  • up-shot,
  • name the game.
  •point (noun)
  • nittygritty,
  • pro-positions,
  • pro positions,
  • pro position,
  • main ideas.
  •question (noun)
  • questions.
  •subject (noun)
  • field reference,
  • principal objects,
  • matter hand.
  •subject matter (noun)
  • argument,
  • motive,
  • thesis,
  • case,
  • motion,
  • division,
  • head,
  • theorem,
  • problem,
  • motif,
  • field,
  • proposition.
  •text (noun)
  • ex-tract,
  • motifies,
  • main bodies,
  • ex-tracts,
  • ex tract.
  •theme (noun)
  • point issue.
  •topic (noun)
  • contention,
  • paradigm,
  • basis,
  • consideration,
  • assertion,
  • inference,
  • query,
  • assumption,
  • opinion,
  • hypothesis,
  • position,
  • exposition,
  • idea,
  • essay,
  • premise,
  • presumption,
  • statement,
  • concept,
  • principle,
  • belief,
  • axiom,
  • conjecture,
  • postulation,
  • dissertation.

• v.

  •question (verb)
  • moot point,
  • point in question,
  • study at subjectsubject,
  • field of inquiry,
  • resolution,
  • material.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • referent,
  • hot-button,
  • talking point.
  •
  • hobby horse.
  •
  • fodder.
  •
  • vein.
  •
  • come to.
  •headline
  • heading.

Paraphrases for Topic:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    themes.
  • Noun, plural
    themes.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    special-topic.
  • Proper noun, singular
    issues.
  • Noun, plural
    issues.

• Independent

  • Coordinating conjunction
    subject.
  • Determiner
    subject.
  • Preposition or subordinating conjunction
    subject.
  • Adjective
    subject-matter, subject-specific, subject, topical, thematic.
  • Proper noun, singular
    institutions, subjects, Children, defenders, subject, topical, matters, thematic.
  • Noun, plural
    presentations, depictions, panellists, notions, documentaries, agendas, features, indictments, Paths, enquiries, subjects, matters, thematic.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    questions, connection, subject-matter, aspect, dossier, problem, subject, context, purpose, characteristic, Foci, field, argument, conversation, element, concept, thematic, proposition.
  • Adverb
    subject.
  • Interjection
    subject.
  • Verb, past participle
    Subjected, disclosed, confined, decided, sought.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    subject.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    items.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    items, affair, thing, concern.

Antonyms for Topic:

• n.

  • subject matter
    fact, proof.
  • Other antonyms:
    excursion, parenthesis, tangent, interjection, digression, aside.

Topic Sentence Examples:

• If a literary work now - a - days start with a certain topic, that is all that is required of it; and yet it is a work of art only on condition of ending with that topic, on condition of being written, not from it, but to it.

• The conversation now turned to other things, and soon love became the topic.