Synonyms of the word

motif

• n. A recurring or dominant element; a theme.
• n. (music) A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work.
• n. A decorative figure that is repeated in a design or pattern.
• n. (dressmaking) A decorative appliqué design or figure, as of lace or velvet, used in trimming.
• n. (crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or…
• n. (chess) A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of…
• n. (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured…

design

• n. A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
• n. A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
• n. The composition of a work of art.
• n. Intention or plot.
• n. The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
• n. The art of designing.
• v. (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

figure

• n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
• n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially,…
• n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
• n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
• n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
• n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
• n. A numeral.
• n. A number.
• n. A shape.
• n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
• n. A dance figure, a complex dance move^W.
• n. A figure of speech.
• n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
• n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
• n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single…
• n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
• v. To solve a mathematical problem.
• v. To come to understand.
• v. (intransitive) To be reasonable.
• v. (transitive) To enter, be a part of.
• v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal;…
• v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
• v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
• v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
• v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
• v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying…
• v. (music) To embellish.

idea

• n. (philosophy) An abstract archetype of a given thing, compared to which real-life examples are seen as…
• n. (obsolete) The conception of someone or something as representing a perfect example; an ideal.
• n. (obsolete) The form or shape of something; a quintessential aspect or characteristic.
• n. An image of an object that is formed in the mind or recalled by the memory.
• n. More generally, any result of mental activity; a thought, a notion; a way of thinking.
• n. A conception in the mind of something to be done; a plan for doing something, an intention.
• n. A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression.
• n. (music) A musical theme or melodic subject.

motive

• n. (obsolete) An idea or communication that makes one want to act, especially from spiritual sources; a divine…
• n. An incentive to act in a particular way; a reason or emotion that makes one want to do something; anything…
• n. (obsolete, rare) A limb or other bodily organ that can move.
• n. (law) Something which causes someone to want to commit a crime; a reason for criminal behaviour.
• n. (architecture, fine arts) A motif.
• n. (music) A motif; a theme or subject, especially one that is central to the work or often repeated.
• v. (transitive) To prompt or incite by a motive or motives; to move.
• adj. Causing motion; having power to move, or tending to move.
• adj. Relating to motion and/or to its cause.

pattern

• n. Model, example.
• n. A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
• n. A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative…
• n. The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
• n. A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen…
• n. (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
• v. To apply a pattern.
• v. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model;…
• v. To follow an example.
• v. To fit into a pattern.
• v. (transitive) To serve as an example for.

theme

• n. A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
• n. A recurring idea; a motif.
• n. (dated) An essay written for school.
• n. (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
• n. (film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character,…
• n. (computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment…
• n. (grammar) The stem of a word.
• n. (linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
• n. (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
• n. (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
• n. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
• v. (transitive) To give a theme to.
• v. (computing, transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

thought

• n. Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
• n. (uncountable) The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking.
• n. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
• v. simple past tense and past participle of think.