30 entries under noun topic. ×
| basis(top, opening, creation, stipulation) | |
| jumping-off place | |
| jumping-off point | |
| springboard | |
| starting point(expression, top, opening, creation) | |
| issue(point, matter, subject) | |
| rudiment(top, opening, creation, stipulation) | |
| threshold(beginning, opening) | |
| affair(concern, point, matter, subject) | |
| argument(concern, point, matter, subject) | |
| beginning(action, start) | |
| concern(point, matter, subject) | |
| contention(concern, point, matter, subject) | |
| controversy(concern, point, matter, subject) | |
| dispute(matter, subject) | |
| incipience | |
| incipiency | |
| leadoff | |
| matter(concern, point, subject) | |
| matter of contention(expression, idiom, concern, point) |
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