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Subordinate

🔄 Synonyms of "Subordinate"

22 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
subjectnoun	The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
adjunctnoun	An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
dependentnoun	Relying upon; depending upon.
inferiornoun	(with to) Lower in rank, status, or quality.
pettynoun	(often derogatory) Having little or no importance.
subservient	Obsequiously submissive.
submissivenoun	Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.
lowly	Low in rank or social importance.
lowerverb	Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
subsidiarynoun	A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
subalternnoun	(social sciences, literary theory) A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland.
secondarynoun	Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
underlingnoun	A subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority.
assistantnoun	A person who assists or helps someone else.
juniornoun	(not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
hyponymnoun	(semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.
low-level	(computing) Of, or relating to a program, or to code in which each statement corresponds to a single machine instruction.
ruled	Having printed lines.
lower-ranking	inferior in rank or status
junior-grade	inferior in rank or status
subordinate wordnoun	a word that is more specific than a given word
bucknoun	A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad and kangaroo.

↔️ Antonyms of "Subordinate"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
dominantnoun	Ruling; governing; prevailing
independentnoun	Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
insubordinatenoun	Rebellious or defiant to authority; contumacious.
aswan high damnoun	one of the world's largest dams on the nile river in southern egypt
high damnoun	one of the world's largest dams on the nile river in southern egypt
aswan dam	The Aswan Dam, or Aswan High Dam, is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Subordinate"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
subservient	Obsequiously submissive.
submissive	Meekly obedient or passive; obsequious.
subalternnoun	(social sciences, literary theory) A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the hegemonic power structure of the colony and of the colonial homeland.
underlingnoun	A subordinate, or person of lesser rank or authority.
assistant	Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.
associatenoun	Joined with another or others and having lower status.
subsidiarynoun	A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
deputynoun	One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
proxy	Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
dependent	Relying upon; depending upon.
subjectnoun	The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
juniornoun	(not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
adjunctnoun	An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
secondary	Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
under	Lower; beneath something.
lower	Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object.
low-level	(computing) Of, or relating to a program, or to code in which each statement corresponds to a single machine instruction.
lowly	Low in rank or social importance.
inferior	(with to) Lower in rank, status, or quality.
pettynoun	(often derogatory) Having little or no importance.