The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word THEME which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2018.
Overriding idea crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THEME | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Overriding idea
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- theme
- thread
- central
- critical
- crucial
- essential
- key
- main
- major
- most
- primary
- principal
Crossword Answer definitions
THEME noun- A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
- A recurring idea; a motif.
- An essay written for school.
- The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
- A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character, etc. by playing at the appropriate time.
- The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment towards a particular motif.
- (grammar) The stem of a word.
- Thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
- Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
- Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
- A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
- To give a theme to.
- To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).
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