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Defenition of the word subordinate

    • Defenition of the word subordinate

      • A person who is submissive to or controlled by a person of higher class, rank or position.
      • (grammar) of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence"
      • a word that is more specific than a given word
      • inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
      • subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"
      • rank as less important
      • lower in rank or importance
      • someone subject to the authority or control of another
      • an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
      • make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
      • rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"
      • of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence"
      • make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
      • rank or order as less important or consider of less value
      • (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
      • subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

    Synonyms for the word subordinate

      • aide
      • assistant
      • dependent
      • hyponym
      • inferior
      • junior
      • junior-grade
      • lesser
      • low-level
      • lower
      • lower-ranking
      • lowly
      • minion
      • minor
      • petty
      • secondary
      • subaltern
      • subordinate word
      • subsidiary
      • underling

    Similar words in the subordinate

      • adjunct
      • assistant
      • associate
      • associate(a)
      • buck
      • dependent
      • deputy
      • feudatory
      • inferior
      • junior
      • low-level
      • proxy
      • ruled
      • secondary
      • subject
      • submissive
      • subordinate
      • subordinated
      • subordinates
      • subservient
      • under
      • under(a)

    Hyponyms for the word subordinate

      • associate
      • bottom dog
      • cog
      • man
      • outclass
      • second banana
      • second fiddle

    Hypernyms for the word subordinate

      • assistant
      • follower
      • grade
      • help
      • helper
      • lour
      • lower
      • order
      • place
      • range
      • rank
      • rate
      • supporter
      • word

    Antonyms for the word subordinate

      • dominant
      • independent
      • insubordinate
      • main
      • main(a)

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