| Main Entry: | theme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea, subject matter |
Synonyms: |
affair, argument, burden, business, case, head, keynote, leitmotif, line, matter, matter in hand, motif, motive, point, point at issue, problem, proposition, question, stuff, subject, text, thesis, thought, topic |
| Main Entry: | theme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written composition |
Synonyms: |
article, description, dissertation, essay, exercise, exposition, manuscript, paper, report, statement, thesis |
| Main Entry: | air |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | musical tune |
Synonyms: |
aria, descant, lay, melody, song, strain, theme |
| Main Entry: | article |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of writing |
Synonyms: |
beat*, blurb, column, commentary, composition, discourse, editorial, essay, exposition, feature, item, paper, piece, scoop*, spread, story, theme, think piece, treatise, write-up |
| Main Entry: | chorus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refrain |
Synonyms: |
bob, burden, chorale, main section, melody, motif, music, recurrent verse, response, ritornelle, song, strain, theme, tune, undersong |
| Main Entry: | composition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written or musical creation |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, article, cantata, chart, concerto, dissertation, drama, essay, exercise, exposition, fiction, getup, literary work, manuscript, melody, music, novel, number, opus, paper, piece, play, poetry, rhapsody, romance, score, setup, short story, song, stanza, study, symphony, theme, thesis, tune, verse, work, writing |
| Main Entry: | contents |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elements of larger object |
Synonyms: |
capacity, cargo, chapters, connotation, constituents, details, divisions, essence, filling, freight, furnishing, gist, guts, implication, ingredients, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, significance, size, space, stuffing, subject matter, subjects, substance, sum, text, themes, topics, volume |
| Main Entry: | essay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written discourse |
Synonyms: |
article, composition, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, explication, exposition, manuscript, paper, piece, study, theme, thesis, tract, treatise |
| Main Entry: | exercise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, effort |
Synonyms: |
act, action, activity, calisthenics, constitutional, daily dozen, discharge, discipline, drill, drilling, examination, exercising, exertion, gym, labor, lesson, movement, occupation, operation, performance, problem, pursuit, recitation, schoolwork, study, task, test, theme, toil, training, warm-up, workout |
| Main Entry: | exposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description |
Synonyms: |
account, analysis, annotation, article, comment, commentary, composition, construal, construction, critique, delineation, details, discourse, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, editorial, elucidation, enucleation, enunciation, essay, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposé, expounding, history, illustration, interpretation, monograph, paper, piece, position paper, presentation, report, review, statement, story, study, tale, text, theme, thesis, tract, tractate, treatise |