THEME SONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theme song mean? 

• THEME SONG (noun)
  The noun THEME SONG has 2 senses:

1. a melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program

2. a melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie

  Familiarity information: THEME SONG used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEME SONG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A melody used to identify a performer or a dance band or radio/tv program

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

signature; signature tune; theme song

Hypernyms ("theme song" is a kind of...):

air; line; melodic line; melodic phrase; melody; strain; tune (a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A melody that recurs and comes to represent a musical play or movie

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("theme song" is a kind of...):

air; line; melodic line; melodic phrase; melody; strain; tune (a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence)