subordinate

Adjective
  1. Lower in rank or importance (synset 300796546)
    also:
    • subordinate - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
    • inferior - of or characteristic of low rank or importance
    tells us about: position, status - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
    similar to:
    • adjunct, assistant - of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another
    • associate - having partial rights and privileges or subordinate status
    • secondary - belonging to a lower class or rank
    • under - lower in rank, power, or authority
    same as: low-level
  2. Subject or submissive to authority or the control of another (synset 302337347)
    "a subordinate kingdom"
    also:
    • submissive - inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
    • low-level, subordinate - lower in rank or importance
    similar to:
    • feudatory - owing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign
    • ruled - subject to a ruling authority
    • dependent, subject - being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
    • subservient - compliant and obedient to authority
  3. (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence (synset 300733914)
    "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence"
    referred to in: grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
    same as: dependent
Noun
  1. An assistant subject to the authority or control of another (synset 110689430)
    is a type of: assistant, help, helper, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
    subtypes:
    • associate - a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise
    • bottom dog - a person of low status
    • cog - a subordinate who performs an important but routine function
    • man - a male subordinate
    • second banana, second fiddle - someone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role
    same as: foot soldier, subsidiary, underling
  2. A word that is more specific than a given word (synset 106303754)
    is a type of: word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    same as: hyponym, subordinate word
Verb
  1. Rank or order as less important or consider of less value (synset 200661206)
    "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"
    is a type of: grade, order, place, range, rank, rate - assign a rank or rating to
    subtypes: outclass - cause to appear in a lower class
  2. Make subordinate, dependent, or subservient (synset 200580789)
    "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
    is a type of: lour, lower - set lower
    same as: subdue

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