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 Mirror Quick 08 Apr 2024
Doctor to fit new theme Mirror Cryptic 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 The Washington Post 31 Mar 2020
Central idea LA Times Daily 31 Mar 2020
Logo — pattern The Guardian Cryptic 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 theme
Recurring symbol
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 The Washington Post 14 May 2017
Theme LA Times Daily 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
Decorative theme
Design scheme
Feature of much wallpaper
Artistic theme
Theme
Design theme
Recurring 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
Dominant theme
Central theme
Decorator's design
Recurring melody
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
Design theme
Recurring element
Theme
Artistic theme
Design theme
Recurring theme
Recurrent theme
Theme
Unifying theme
Decorating theme
Theme
Design symbol, second on short row
Theme
Design theme
Decorator's concern
Recurring theme
Unifying idea
Decorator's creation
Decorator's theme
Theme
Recurring theme
Dominant theme
Decorator's theme
Farah suit's about design
Room designer's creation
Artistic theme
Theme
Repeated design
Artistic theme
Unifying idea
Recurring subject
Special symbol must be suitable with national award being set up
Medic rebuffing suitable design
Dominant theme
Central theme
Dominant theme
Decorating pattern
Design theme
Dominant theme
Decorating pattern
Design theme
Unifying theme
Interior decorator's concern
Literary recurrence
Musical theme
Recurring theme
Wallpaper pattern
Decorator's theme
Dominant theme
Recurring melody
Artistic theme
Central theme
Central theme
Decorator's idea
Theme
Unifying theme
Recurring theme
Repeated design element
Unifying idea
Interior designer's creation
Recurring theme
Artistic theme
Recurring theme
Recurring theme
Design linchpin
Artist's theme
Design
Fleur-de-lis, for one
Design linchpin
Fleur-de-lis, for one
Design linchpin
Design theme
Repeated design
Decorator's concern
Recurring theme
Thematic element
Repetitive pattern
Recurrent theme
Recurrent element
Recurring subject
Wallpaper design
Theme
Recurring idea
Central theme
Part of a decorative composition
Main theme
Unifying idea
Central idea
Musical theme
Central idea
Main theme
Recurring theme
Theme
Recurring artistic theme
Dominant design
Recurring melody
Musical theme
Dominant feature
Repeated design
Decorator's concern
Recurrent theme
Theme
Recurring subject
Recurring subject
Central idea
Beethoven subject e.g.
Recurrent melody
Pattern
Design
Subject
Thematic element
Main theme
Underlying theme
Thematic element
Decorator's theme
Central theme
Thematic art element.
Theme.
Theme in art.
Main theme.
Theme: Mus.
Theme, in music.
Dominant feature.
Theme, in art.
Main theme, in the arts.
Theme in fine arts.
Theme of a work.
Musical theme.
Repeated figure in a design.
Main theme, in art, music, etc.
Theme to be elaborated.
In fine arts, the theme.
Recurring theme
Overall theme
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