topic

The subject of a speech, essay, thesis, or discourse.

A subject of discussion or conversation.

A subdivision of a theme, thesis, or outline. synonym: subject.

A word or phrase in a sentence, usually providing information from previous discourse or shared knowledge, that the rest of the sentence elaborates or comments on.

plural In geometry, topology. See topics, 2.

Local: same as topical.

In logic and rhetoric, a common place (which see, under common); a class of considerations from which probable arguments can be drawn.

The subject of a discourse, argument, or literary composition, or the subject of any distinct part of a discourse, etc.; any matter treated of: now the usual meaning of the word.

In medicine, a remedy locally applied.

Synonyms Theme, Point, etc. See subject.