Word "MOTIF" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
Synonyms:
motive

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
Synonyms:
motive

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
Synonyms:
theme

Crossword Clues for MOTIF

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Recurring theme LA Times Daily 31 Aug 2025
Repeated pattern Commuter 27 Aug 2025
Tom's back with a stipulation for a logo
Word from Larousse provided recurring theme The Times Cryptic 01 Jul 2025
Literary theme New York Times Mini 29 Jun 2025
Embroidered pattern (5)
Check provided shape (5)
Starts to mull over Times, identifying frivolous theme The Times Quick Cryptic 15 May 2025
Recurring theme Commuter 13 May 2025
Medical officer returning healthy figure The Times Quick Cryptic 10 May 2025
Recurrent pattern Puzzler Backwords 21 Apr 2025
Design test on famous poem The Sun Two Speed 17 Apr 2025
Recurring theme The Sun Two Speed 17 Apr 2025
Recurring theme Universal 07 Apr 2025
Tom's back if logo appears
It's an idea if the cat turns tail first (5)
PlusWord No 1011 solution The Telegraph Plusword 26 Feb 2025
Recurring design element USA Today 17 Feb 2025
Distinctive pattern Mirror Tea Time 07 Feb 2025
Recurring theme The Times Sunday Concise 26 Jan 2025
Recurring theme or symbol (5)
The theme will appear if following cat's comeback (5)
Test whether to show design on clothing The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Dec 2024
If found after a French word, it's a theme (5)
There will be a theme in it, if Tom is involved (5)
Recurring theme The Times Concise 14 Dec 2024
At the heart of it, famous actor glorifying distinctive idea
Recurrent idea in an artwork (5) The Guardian Quick 15 Nov 2024
Recurring theme Newsday 14 Nov 2024
Pattern of female and one male cat from the east The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Nov 2024
Ornamental theme (5)
Recurring theme The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 22 Oct 2024
Tom returns if design element repeated (5)
A theme (5)
Apt decoration reflected theme The Telegraph Cryptic 04 Oct 2024
Distinctive decorative design (5)
Theme The Times Sunday Concise 29 Sep 2024
Tom will return if dominant theme is required (5)
Decorotor's recurring theme
Decorator's recurring theme USA Today 14 Sep 2024
Qualified to return after second theme (5)
Repeating design LA Times Daily 09 Sep 2024
See if Tom can provide the theme
Annual check-up provided with emblem (5) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Aug 2024
Recurring theme LA Times Daily 08 Aug 2024
Recurrent theme Thomas Joseph 07 Aug 2024
The subject returns healthy to the doctor (5)
Symbol if you get M.O.T. (5)
Repeated pattern as in a piece of fabric
French word provided for element in composition (5)
It's an idea if Tom comes up first
French word used in the event of a dominant idea
Decoration (5) The Guardian Quick 21 Jun 2024
Decorator's theme Eugene Sheffer 18 Jun 2024
Mortified, ride away with the design (5)
Annual check-up provided with emblem (5) Puzzler Cryptic 06 Jun 2024
Recurring theme The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 04 Jun 2024
Pattern, theme (5)
Central theme The Times Sunday Concise 26 May 2024
Decorator's unifying theme Newsday 21 May 2024
Design repeated in a pattern (5)
Recurring theme Thomas Joseph 17 May 2024
Recurring theme USA Today 13 May 2024
Design theme of moat, if called for (5)
Doctor to fit new theme Mirror Cryptic 08 Apr 2024
Recurring theme Mirror Quick 08 Apr 2024
Thomas will return if he gets a decoration (5)
If only Tom could find a way to a theme (5)
Foreign word needs one feminine design (5)
A second spat, not finished ... a recurring theme (5)
Repeated emblem
Symbol, design
A recurring theme, if Tom is about (5)
Second time providing dominant theme ... (5)
Doctor fit to return idea (5)
Stitched design (5)
Recurring design Premier Sunday 04 Feb 2024
Design theme for moat, if used soundly (5)
Pattern LA Times Daily 17 Jan 2024
Decorative device
Legal requirement with 10 providing theme (5)
Legal requirement with 10 providing theme The Guardian Cryptic 08 Dec 2023
Print design
After annual test, provided one with a logo (5)
Recurring theme Universal 26 Nov 2023
After short time, like fiddle that’s taken up theme The Times Cryptic 23 Nov 2023
Recurring theme USA Today 25 Oct 2023
Decorator's suggestion Newsday 16 Sep 2023
Repeated theme The Times Concise 11 Sep 2023
Theme The Guardian Quick 05 Aug 2023
Recurring theme Universal 25 Jul 2023
Theme; logo The Telegraph Quick 02 Jun 2023
Figure second row should drop back The Guardian Cryptic 31 May 2023
Recurring theme USA Today 27 Apr 2023
Symbol, emblem The Guardian Speedy 23 Apr 2023
Design outfit periodically welcomed by both genders The Times Cryptic 19 Apr 2023
Theme LA Times Daily 09 Apr 2023
Recurring story element Universal 10 Feb 2023
Repeating design Wall Street Journal 06 Feb 2023
Theme or pattern The Guardian Speedy 22 Jan 2023
Recurring artistic theme
Pattern of suit jacket from Oxfam that's sent back The Times Cryptic 24 Nov 2022
Design provided following test The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Nov 2022
Theme Universal 01 Sep 2022
Recurring pattern New York Times 27 Jul 2022
Recurring theme Thomas Joseph 25 Jun 2022
Prophecy or hallucinations, in 'Macbeth' New York Times 18 Jun 2022
Suitable honour for rising figure The Times Cryptic 02 Jun 2022
Decorative design Wall Street Journal 18 May 2022
Recurring theme Universal 06 Apr 2022
Central idea Newsday 18 Mar 2022
Single decoration, apt reward when viewed in retrospect The Times Cryptic 04 Mar 2022
Recurring theme Universal 25 Feb 2022
Dominant idea Wall Street Journal 10 Feb 2022
Unifying idea Newsday 23 Jan 2022
Musical theme in mass sacred work provided The Guardian Cryptic 21 Jan 2022
Musical theme in mass sacred work provided
Misfortune to lose nurse by design? Irish Times Crosaire 15 Jan 2022
Recurring theme USA Today 20 Nov 2021
Theme Eugene Sheffer 12 Nov 2021
Design of well by old master getting reviewed
Concept car test turning Grand Prix on its head
Cat knocked back one made by Mr Kipling? It's a recurring theme
Logo The Telegraph Quick 12 Jul 2021
  Design test on famous poem
Dominant idea or word from French Count's prison island
Dominant theme in art The Times Concise 08 Feb 2021
Army doctor has wobbly about decorative design
Nice word provided theme
A design, especially one used as part of a pattern The Times Specialist Sunday 22 Nov 2020
The 'da-da-da-DUM!' of Beethoven's Fifth New York Times 17 Nov 2020
Recurring theme USA Today 04 Nov 2020
Recurring theme The Sun Two Speed 13 Oct 2020
Car test provided design The Sun Two Speed 13 Oct 2020
Theme Wall Street Journal 26 Sep 2020
Fire in 'Jane Eyre,' e.g New York Times 20 Sep 2020
Wallpaper design Newsday 22 Aug 2020
Recurring theme The Guardian Speedy 02 Aug 2020
Test for car, one following distinctive pattern
Misfortune to lose nurse by design Irish Times Crosaire 28 May 2020
Central idea LA Times Daily 31 Mar 2020
Logo — pattern The Guardian Cryptic 31 Mar 2020
Central idea The Washington Post 31 Mar 2020
Doctor rejected attack – a distinctive idea
Decorator's theme Newsday 17 Dec 2019
Theme: books and some poetry by male
Artistic theme Premier Sunday 08 Dec 2019
Central or repeated theme The Telegraph General Knowledge 01 Dec 2019
Pattern Canadiana 28 Oct 2019
Recurring image that forms a pattern
Symbol in, perhaps, Persian he backed to preface poem
Central theme
Recurring theme Wall Street Journal 24 Aug 2019
. Misfit ombudsman returns concealing decorative pattern
Decorative design Wall Street Journal 12 Aug 2019
Theme in a work of art The Times Concise 22 Jul 2019
Repetitive pattern in a design
Repeated theme Universal 06 May 2019
Recurring artistic theme
Decorator's theme Eugene Sheffer 16 Mar 2019
Repeated pattern Newsday 06 Mar 2019
Most prominent pattern in a design, say
Repeated theme
Decorative design
Recurring theme
Recurring theme The Times Concise 16 Dec 2018
Recurring or dominant theme, say
Recurring theme LA Times Daily 17 Oct 2018
Recurring theme The Washington Post 17 Oct 2018
. Under a second, apt to come up with a design
Recurring symbol New York Times 31 Aug 2018
Recurring theme on a fabric pattern, say
Recurring element The Washington Post Sunday 08 Jul 2018
Recurring theme Thomas Joseph 15 May 2018
Recurrent theme of uncertainty associated with Mailer's earliest books
Decorator's creation Family Time 26 Mar 2018
Theme The Telegraph Quick 23 Feb 2018
Interior design theme Newsday 01 Feb 2018
Flash good-looking revolutionary figure in music
Recurrent theme Jonesin 16 Jan 2018
Witty remark, providing theme
Recurring symbol
Recurring theme
Fleur-de-lis, e.g New York Times 22 Oct 2017
Feature of much wallpaper USA Today 29 Sep 2017
Design scheme Universal 20 Sep 2017
Design theme Universal 15 Sep 2017
Artistic theme USA Today 05 Sep 2017
Spun suit jacket of optimum design
Thematic signature Newsday 19 Aug 2017
Recurring style evident among Gran Tourismo Tifosi Irish Times Crosaire 15 Aug 2017
Theme LA Times Daily 14 May 2017
Theme The Washington Post 14 May 2017
Decorative theme LA Times Daily 10 Apr 2017
Decorative theme The Washington Post 10 Apr 2017
Decorator's theme USA Today 13 Mar 2017
Recurring theme Newsday 17 Feb 2017
Recurrent theme Thomas Joseph 04 Feb 2017
It's an idea to turn up healthy to the doctor The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Jan 2017
Wallpaper pattern, say USA Today 19 Jan 2017
Feature of much wallpaper
Design theme
Recurring theme
Decorative theme
Theme
Design scheme
Artistic theme
Fleur-de-lis, e.g.
Recurring theme Universal 07 Oct 2016
Recurrent theme Premier Sunday 08 May 2016
Central theme USA Today 08 May 2016
Dominant theme New York Times 10 Feb 2016
Recurring melody LA Times Daily 24 Jan 2016
Decorator's design Wall Street Journal 02 Jan 2016
Decorator's design
Dominant theme
Recurring melody
Central theme
Artistic theme LA Times Daily 04 Oct 2015
Distinctive theme The Times Concise 25 Sep 2015
Match award to be brought back? It's a theme you might hear more than once The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Sep 2015
Design theme Newsday 22 Sep 2015
Recurring element New York Times 13 Sep 2015
Theme New York Times 19 Aug 2015
Summits on misuse of the Internet facility is a recurring theme Irish Times Crosaire 11 Aug 2015
Design made of three interlocking figures primarily
Central idea Family Time 24 May 2015
Theme Eugene Sheffer 17 Apr 2015
Recurrent theme USA Today 30 Jan 2015
Design theme Premier Sunday 25 Jan 2015
Recurrent theme
Theme
Recurring theme
Design theme
Recurring element
Unifying theme
Theme
Design theme
Artistic theme
Theme
Decorating theme
Design symbol, second on short row
Decorator's concern
Theme
Decorator's theme
Decorator's theme
Unifying idea
Theme
Design theme
Dominant theme
Recurring theme
Decorator's creation
Recurring theme
Farah suit's about design
Unifying idea
Artistic theme
Repeated design
Room designer's creation
Theme
Recurring subject
Artistic theme
Special symbol must be suitable with national award being set up
Medic rebuffing suitable design
Decorating pattern
Central theme
Dominant theme
Dominant theme
Design theme
Decorating pattern
Dominant theme
Design theme
Wallpaper pattern
Recurring theme
Musical theme
Literary recurrence
Interior decorator's concern
Decorator's theme
Unifying theme
Dominant theme
Artistic theme
Central theme
Decorator's idea
Recurring melody
Central theme
Unifying idea
Recurring theme
Theme
Unifying theme
Repeated design element
Recurring theme
Recurring theme
Recurring theme
Design linchpin
Interior designer's creation
Artistic theme
Design linchpin
Design
Design linchpin
Artist's theme
Fleur-de-lis, for one
Fleur-de-lis, for one
Repeated design
Repetitive pattern
Thematic element
Design theme
Recurring theme
Decorator's concern
Central theme
Recurrent element
Recurring subject
Wallpaper design
Theme
Recurring idea
Main theme
Recurrent theme
Part of a decorative composition
Unifying idea
Central idea
Main theme
Musical theme
Recurring theme
Central idea
Theme
Recurring artistic theme
Dominant feature
Recurring melody
Dominant design
Musical theme
Decorator's concern
Recurring subject
Repeated design
Theme
Recurrent theme
Central idea
Recurring subject
Beethoven subject e.g.
Recurrent melody
Pattern
Design
Subject
Thematic element
Main theme
Underlying theme
Decorator's theme
Thematic element
Central theme
Theme of a work.
Main theme, in the arts.
Dominant feature.
Theme to be elaborated.
Theme, in art.
Theme.
In fine arts, the theme.
Overall theme
Main theme.
Theme, in music.
Thematic art element.
Theme: Mus.
Theme in art.
Recurring theme
Main theme, in art, music, etc.
Musical theme.
Repeated figure in a design.
Theme in fine arts.
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