Home › Words › T › themathemathema means A subject or theme.EtymologyLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek θέμᾰ (thémă). Doublet of theme.nounA subject or theme.e.g.“Eco has his own image for this method-spiral repetition: every new exploration elevates the solutions to a higher level by expanding the thema's cognitive context.” — 1997, Rocco Caopzzi, Reading Eco: An Anthology, page 111:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.thematic 77% match — Relating to or having a theme (“subject”) or a topic. vs thema →thematically 65% match — In a thematic manner. vs thema →thematizing 63% match — The act or process of something being thematized. vs thema →themewise 63% match — In terms of a theme; thematically. vs thema →thematist 63% match — A writer of themes. vs thema →subtheme 62% match — A specific theme within a larger theme. vs thema →thematicize 61% match — To make into or explore as a theme. vs thema →theming 61% match — The application of a theme. vs thema →