topic

Meanings

Adjective

• topical

Noun

• Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
• Discussion thread.
• A musical sign intended to suggest a particular style or genre.
• An argument or reason.
• An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.

Related

Similar words

• subject, subject area

Origin

• From Latin topica, from Ancient Greek τοπικός ("pertaining to a place, local, pertaining to a common place, or topic, topical"), from τόπος, of Pre-Greek origin.