Definition of themes

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • themes is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
  • themes is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
  • themes is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of themes


  • (music) melodic subject of a musical composition (noun)

    Examples

    1. the theme is announced in the first measures

    Synonyms

    1. idea
    2. melodic theme
    3. musical theme
  • an essay (especially one written as an assignment) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. composition
    2. paper
    3. report
  • (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. base
    2. radical
    3. root
    4. root word
    5. stem
  • the subject matter of a conversation or discussion (noun)

    Examples

    1. his letters were always on the theme of love

    Synonyms

    1. subject
    2. topic
  • a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work (noun)

    Examples

    1. it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme

    Synonyms

    1. motif
  • provide with a particular theme or motive (verb)

    Examples

    1. the restaurant often themes its menus

See definition of themes in Merriam Webster