subordinate
Adjective
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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 societysimilar to:same as: low-level -
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
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(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
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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 purposesubtypes:
- 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
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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 identifysame as: hyponym, subordinate word
Verb
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Rank or order as less important or consider of less value (synset 200661206)
"Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"subtypes: outclass - cause to appear in a lower class
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Make subordinate, dependent, or subservient (synset 200580789)
"Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"same as: subdue
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