Answer to "Main ideas" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word THEMES which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2015.

Main ideas crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
THEMES	63 %	6
GISTS	13 %	5
NUBS	13 %	4
THESES	13 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Main ideas

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• theme
• topic
• subject
• thesis
• apposition
• descriptive
• transgressive
• connotation
• reflexive
• verbal
• definitive
• derivational

Crossword Answer definitions

THEMES noun

1. A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
2. A recurring idea; a motif.
3. An essay written for school.
4. The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
5. A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
6. The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
7. (grammar) The stem of a word.
8. Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
9. Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
10. Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
11. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.

THEMES verb

1. To give a theme to.
2. To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result THEMES

• Topics of discourse
• Musical motifs
• Features of many crossword
• Subject matters
• English class writings
• Many crosswords feature them, but not this one
• Unifying concepts
• Motifs
• Crossword features, usually
• School assignments

More clues leading to the result GISTS

• Essences
• Core concepts
• General ideas
• Kernels
• Main points
• Hearts
• Main thrusts
• Cores
• Important points
• Nubs

More clues leading to the result NUBS

• Picayune pieces
• Little lumps
• Worn-down pencils
• Worn-down points
• Gists
• Well-worn pencils
• Central points
• Emerging antlers
• Kernels
• Small lumps

More clues leading to the result THESES

• Doctoral dissertations
• Doctoral students defend them
• Major college papers
• Masters' hurdles
• Luther's list
• Martin Luther's 95
• Prospective doctors' presentations
• Projects for degree candidates
• Postgraduate projects
• Research papers