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subordinate

/səˈbɔɹdɪnət/noun, verb, adjective4 syllables

Subordinate means: lower in rank or importance.

Synonyms for subordinate27

noun, as in an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

subsidiary, underling, foot soldier

noun, as in a word that is more specific than a given word

hyponym, subordinate word

verb, as in make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

subdue

adjective, as in lower in rank or importance

low-level, adjunct, assistant, associate, secondary, under, inferior

adjective, as in subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

feudatory, ruled, subject, dependent, subservient, submissive, low-level

adjective, as in (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

dependent

also used for subordinate

lesser, subaltern, petty, junior, report, understrapper, belittle, denigrate

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Opposites of subordinate

dominant, insubordinate

What does subordinate mean?7

adjective

1

lower in rank or importance

2

subject or submissive to authority or the control of another“a subordinate kingdom”

3

(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”

noun

1

an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

2

a word that is more specific than a given word

verb

1

make subordinate, dependent, or subservient“Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler”

2

rank or order as less important or consider of less value“Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Subordinate in a sentence

  • All the other issues are subordinate to this one.sundown
  • I was stabbed in the back by my subordinate.Dejo
  • He is able to subordinate passion to reason.Dejo
  • Can you describe the ideal supervisor-subordinate relationship?pandark
  • According to some experts the spoken language uses few subordinate clauses.Dejo
  • Today isn't subordinate to any country in the world.Amastan
  • Algeria is independent and it's not subordinate to any country in the world.Amastan
  • A conjunction is a word that connects a subordinate clause to a main clause.00shoujikisou

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Forms of subordinate

as a noun

plural
subordinates

as a verb

past tense
subordinated
present participle
subordinating
third-person singular
subordinates
past participle
subordinated