MUSICAL THEME as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (music) melodic subject of a musical composition
   Synonym(s)
   • idea (what does idea mean?)
   • melodic theme (what does melodic theme mean?)
   • theme (what does theme mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the theme is announced in the first measures
   • the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it
   Hypernyms(s) musical theme is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • tune (what does tune mean?)
   • melody (what does melody mean?)
   • air (what does air mean?)
   • strain (what does strain mean?)
   • melodic line (what does melodic line mean?)
   • line (what does line mean?)
   • melodic phrase (what does melodic phrase mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • motif (what does motif mean?)
   • motive (what does motive mean?)
   • statement (what does statement mean?)
   • variation (what does variation mean?)