thematic
/θɪˈmætɪk/US/θɪˈmætɪk/
thematic adjective: relating to or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic.
Adjective
thematic (comparative more thematic, superlative most thematic)
- Relating to or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic.
- He had a thematic collection of postage stamps with flags on them (where (UK) thematic collection is equivalent to (US) topical collection)
- Relating to a melodic subject.
- Of a word stem, ending in a vowel that appears in or otherwise influences the noun or verb's inflection.
- A considerable number of derived nominals, especially thematic nouns, also exhibited o-grade roots.2006, Donald Ringe, From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 12
- Of or relating to a theme (“subdivision of the Byzantine empire”).
Noun
thematic (plural thematics)
- A postage stamp that is part of a thematic collection.
- A case that indicates the (usually inanimate) party which is a participant to the verbal predicate where that participant does not undergo any tangible change of state.
- The nine transrelative cases are the thematic, instrumental, absolutive, affective, stimulative, effectuative, ergative, dative, and inducive. Following are explanations of the function and usage of each case. Examples of these cases in use are provided in Sec. 4.2.10 below.2023, John Quijada, Grammar of The New Ithkuil
- Synonyms:
- THM
thematic meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
thematic in Hindi
- विषयगत
thematic in Marathi
- विषयाधारित
thematic in Urdu
- موضوعاتی, تھیمیٹک
thematic in Bengali
- থিম্যাটিক, বিষয়ভিত্তিক
More languagesFewer languages
- thematic in Telugu
- థీమాటిక్
- thematic in Malayalam
- തീമാറ്റിക്, പ്രമേയപരം
- thematic in Kannada
- ವಿಷಯಾಧಾರಿತ, ಥೀಮ್ಯಾಟಿಕ್, ಥೀಮಾಟಿಕ್
- thematic in Punjabi
- ਥੀਮੈਟਿਕ, ਵਿਸ਼ਾਗਤ
- thematic in Gujarati
- થીમેટિક
- thematic in Odia
- ବିଷଯ଼ବସ୍ତୁଗତ, ବିଷଯ଼ଭିତ୍ତିକ, ବିଷଯ଼ବସ୍ତୁଭିତ୍ତିକ
- thematic in Nepali
- विषयगत
Examples of thematic in a sentence
- As the Mercator is to Web projections, choropleth maps are to thematic cartography (i.e., they are overused).
- The museums asked Wikimedians to provide the institutions with lists of thematic topics that required illustration.
- Each section harbours a ternary microformal pattern based upon its own thematic content.
Synonyms of thematic
Forms of thematic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more thematic |
| superlative | most thematic |
| Noun | |
| plural | thematics |
Origin of thematic
From Ancient Greek θεματικός (thematikós), from θέμα (théma, “theme”). Equivalent to theme + -atic.
Words formed from thematic
Phrases with thematic
Words that rhyme with thematic
- automatic
- chromatic
- emphatic
- static
- systematic
- idiomatic
- attic
- hexachromatic
- aromatic
- democratic
- hepatic
- lymphatic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- schematic
- adiabatic
- aristocratic
- asymptomatic
- athematic
- autocratic
- axiomatic
- chiasmatic
- erratic
- fanatic
- fluorochromatic
- interchromatic
- phlegmatic
- prismatic
- psychosomatic
- quadchromatic
- rheumatic
- sciatic
- stromatic
- aerobatic
- altermatic
- aposematic
- asthmatic
- bathochromatic
- bizygomatic
- bureaucratic
- chorochromatic
- chromocratic
- circumzygomatic
- coccochromatic
- curatic
- diabatic
- dyschromatic
- endolymphatic
- episematic
- epistatic
- frontozygomatic
- glymphatic
- goniochromatic
- graphematic
- herostratic
- hydroinformatic
- idiosyncratic
- immunochromatic
- infrazygomatic
- interzygomatic
- katabatic
- kinechromatic
Questions about thematic
- What does thematic mean?
- Thematic means relating to or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic.
- What is thematic in Hindi?
- Thematic in Hindi is विषयगत. See Thematic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thematic?
- Thematic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce thematic?
- Thematic is pronounced /θɪˈmætɪk/ (UK).
Words near thematic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thematic (page history and authors); thematic (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thematic (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thematic (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thematic (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thematic (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thematic (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thematic (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thematic (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thematic (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thematic (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thematic (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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