topic

topic is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (literally, places), as being the places or sources from which arguments may be derived, or to which they may be referred; also, a prepared form of argument, applicable to a great variety of cases, with a supply of which the ancient rhetoricians and orators provided themselves; a commonplace of argument or oratory.
2. noun. A treatise on forms of argument; a system or scheme of forms or commonplaces of argument or oratory; as, the Topics of Aristotle.
3. noun. An argument or reason.
4. noun. The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head.
5. noun. An external local application or remedy, as a plaster, a blister, etc.
6. adjective. Topical.
7. noun. some situation or event that is thought about

   "he kept drifting off the topic"

   "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"

   Synonyms: issue, matter, subject

8. noun. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

   "he didn't want to discuss that subject"

   "it was a very sensitive topic"

   Synonyms: subject, theme

Synonyms

issue, matter, subject, theme

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in topic:

optic, picot

Common word forms

topics, topical

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