"subject" | Definition and Related Words

subject

Noun

The subject matter of a conversation or discussion (synset 106612141)
"he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"

is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
subtypes:
- bone of contention - the subject of a dispute
- precedent - a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
- head, question - the subject matter at issue
- keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work
same as: theme, topic
Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation (synset 104354303)
"a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"

is a type of: thing - a separate and self-contained entity

is a part of: scene, view - graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept

same as: content, depicted object
A branch of knowledge (synset 106005806)
"in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

is a type of: domain, knowledge base, knowledge domain - the content of a particular field of knowledge
subtypes:
- occultism - the study of the supernatural
- communication theory, communications - the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
- major - the principal field of study of a student at a university
- frontier - an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development
- genealogy - the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
- allometry - the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole
- bibliotics - the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity
- ology - an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge
- science, scientific discipline - a particular branch of scientific knowledge
- architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
- landscape architecture - the art, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation of the land and the design of large man-made constructs
- applied science, engineering, engineering science, technology - the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
- futuristics, futurology - the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions
- arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts - studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)
- divinity, theology - the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth
- military science - the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare
- escapology - the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment)
- graphology - the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition)
- numerology - the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs
- protology - the study of origins and first things
- theogony - the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods
same as: bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject area, subject field
Some situation or event that is thought about (synset 105822417)
"he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

is a type of: cognitive content, content, mental object - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
subtypes:
- area - a subject of study
- blind spot - a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment
- remit - the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
- res adjudicata, res judicata - a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again
same as: issue, matter, topic
(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence;
The grammatical constituent about which something is predicated (synset 106320921)
referred to in: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

is a type of: constituent, grammatical constituent - (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures;
Someone who is an object of investigation (synset 110688105)
"the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"

is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being

same as: case, guinea pig
A person who owes allegiance to that nation (synset 109648571)
"a monarch has a duty to his subjects"

is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
subtypes:
- citizen - a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
- compatriot - a person from your own country
- nationalist, patriot - one who loves and defends his or her country
belongs to: country, land, nation - the people who live in a nation or country

same as: national
(logic) the first term of a proposition (synset 106321115)
referred to in: logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

is a type of: term - one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition

Adjective

Possibly accepting or permitting (synset 302370095)
"a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"

similar to: susceptible - (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of

same as: capable, open
Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others (synset 302337856)
"subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"

similar to: subordinate - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

same as: dependent
Likely to be affected by something (synset 300072167)
"the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression"

similar to: affected - acted upon; influenced

Verb

Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to (synset 202115410)
"He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"

causes: experience, go through, see - undergo or live through a difficult experience

is a type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on - have an effect upon
subtypes:
- bacterise, bacterize - subject to the action of bacteria
- vitriol - expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol
- put - cause (someone) to undergo something
- shipwreck - cause to experience shipwreck
- refract - subject to refraction
- expose - expose or make accessible to some action or influence
- expose - expose to light, of photographic film
- incur - make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to
Make accountable for (synset 201120710)
"He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"

is a type of: submit - yield to the control of another
Make subservient;
Force to submit or subdue (synset 202502465)
is a type of: dominate, master - have dominance or the power to defeat over
subtypes:
- dragoon - subjugate by imposing troops
- enslave - make a slave of; bring into servitude
same as: subjugate

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