Definition of THEMATIC

thematic

Plural: thematics

Adjective

  • relating to or constituting a topic of discourse
  • of or relating to a melodic subject

Adj

  • Relating to or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic.
  • 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.
  • Of or relating to a theme (“subdivision of the Byzantine empire”).

Noun

  • A postage stamp collected based on its subject matter.
  • A postage stamp that is part of a thematic collection.
  • THM 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.

Examples

  • He had a thematic collection of postage stamps with flags on them (where (UK) thematic collection is equivalent to (US) topical collection)
  • His collection of long words could form a THEMATIC series in any Scrabble dictionary.

Origin / Etymology

From Ancient Greek θεματικός (thematikós), from θέμα (théma, “theme”). Equivalent to theme + -atic.

Antonyms

unthematic

Scrabble Score: 15

thematic: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
thematic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
thematic: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

thematic: valid Words With Friends Word