Topic

Noun

 * 1) Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.

Synonyms

 * subject

Derived terms

 * topical
 * subtopic
 * off-topic
 * topic map

Adjectives for Topic
dangerous; recondite; related; aforementioned; conversational; wary; religious; hackneyed; various (pi);  disagreeable; dreadful; current; absorbing; conservative; tempting; concrete; conceivable; numerous (pi); forbidden; doubtful; political; one' sided; allied; abandoned; important; tiresome; celestial; magazine; commonplace; complicated; wholesome.

Verbs for Topic
absorb in—; air—; analyze—; argue-—; condense—; converse on—; digress from—; disclose—; dismiss—; dissect—; dissertate on—; divert from—; do justice to—; exhaust—; expatiate on—; expound—; grapple with—; limit—; obscure—; probe—; propose—; pursue—; rant about—; resume—;revive—; seize upon—; shrink from—; unfold—; ventilate—; —fascinates; —treats of.

Thesaurus
action, anagnorisis, angle, architectonics, architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, bone of contention, catastrophe, catechism, characterization, color, complication, continuity, contrivance, cross-interrogatory, cross-question, debating point, demand, denouement, design, development, device, episode, fable, falling action, feeler, gimmick, head, incident, inquiry, interrogation, interrogative, interrogatory, issue, keynote, leader, leading question, line, local color, matter, mood, moot point, motif, motive, movement, mythos, peripeteia, plan, plot, point, point at issue, point in question, problem, proposition, query, question, question at issue, question mark, quodlibet, recognition, rising action, scheme, secondary plot, slant, story, structure, subject, subject matter, subplot, switch, text, thematic development, theme, thesis, tone, trial balloon, twist, vexed question

Etymology
From topica <  τοπικός: < τόπος:.

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 主題, 主题 (zhǔtí)
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: evni
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: téama


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 話題 (わだい, wadai)
 * Korean: 화제 (hwaje)
 * Manx: bun-chooish
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romansch: tema
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,

Anagrams

 * cop it
 * optic
 * picot