motif

/moʊtˈif/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration
2. a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music
3. a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
   “it was the usual `boy gets girl' theme”

Synonyms for motif

• motive
• theme

Words that rhyme with motif

• relief
• brief
• leaf
• reef
• beef
• chief
• belief
• disbelief
• grief
• aperitif
• cloverleaf
• debrief
• fief
• interleaf
• leitmotif
• lief
• massif
• sheaf
• thief
• graef
• graefe
• graeff
• greenleaf
• grefe
• greif
• greiff
• hafif
• hochtief
• keef
• keefe