Debate and Topic

Debate

Debate noun - A careful weighing of the reasons for or against something.

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Topic and debate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Topic" instead a noun "Debate".

Nearby Words: debated, debatable, debater, debating

Topic noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

Usage example: the topic of his poem is the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland

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Debate and topic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Debate" instead a noun "Topic".

Nearby Words: topical, topicality, topically

similar	similar debate	similar topic
common	common debate	common topic
current	current debate	current topic
heavy	heavy debate	heavy topic
Other adjectives: actual, entire, real, big, extensive, serious, huge, interesting, new, major, heated, frequent, general, political, primary, above, last, scientific, contentious, philosophical.

There's still some debate in Daria fanfic on the difference between script and prose fic... and when the debate first began — the topic quickly became Serious Business.

Source: Script Fic
To what extent this was justified is a very controversial topic, and still a major topic of debate in the present day.

Source: Historical Hero Upgrade
The controversy and debate over Himiko and Yamatai's existence, which forms the basis of the game's backstory, is still a hot-button topic of debate among historians.

Source: Historical-Domain Character

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Topic and Debate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/debate/topic

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Topic or Debate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/debate/topic.

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