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Synonyms for subordinate
səˈbɔr dn ɪt; -dnˌeɪtsub·or·di·nate
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
subordinate
An auxiliary is a person or thing that helps in a subordinate capacity. Allies unite as equals; auxiliaries are, at least technically, inferiors or subordinates. Yet the auxiliary is more than a mere assistant. The word is oftenest found in the plural, and in the military sense; auxiliaries are troops of one nation uniting with the armies, and acting under the orders, of another. Mercenaries serve only for pay; auxiliaries often for reasons of state, policy, or patriotism as well. Compare ACCESSORY; APPENDAGE.
Synonyms:
accessory, aid, ally, assistant, auxiliary, coadjutor, confederate, helper, mercenary, promoterAntonyms:
antagonist, hinderer, opponent, opposerPreposition:
The auxiliaries of the Romans; an auxiliary in a good cause; an auxiliary to learning.
Princeton's WordNet
subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot soldiernoun
an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
Synonyms:
marcher, infantryman, foot soldier, subordinate word, hyponym, footslogger, subsidiary company, subsidiary, underlingAntonyms:
overriding, paramount, insubordinate, preponderant, controlling, disobedient, predominate, superior, possessive, preponderating, dominating, governing, ascendent, contumacious, ascendant, rebellious, supreme, dominant, predominant, sovereign, unruly, mutinoushyponym, subordinate, subordinate wordadjective
a word that is more specific than a given word
Synonyms:
subordinate word, hyponym, foot soldier, subsidiary, underlingAntonyms:
rebellious, ascendant, preponderating, superior, predominate, mutinous, governing, controlling, ascendent, dominating, unruly, preponderant, predominant, overriding, dominant, contumacious, paramount, disobedient, supreme, insubordinate, sovereign, possessivesubordinate, low-leveladjective
lower in rank or importance
Synonyms:
low-altitude, dependent, low-levelAntonyms:
ascendent, mutinous, preponderating, supreme, disobedient, insubordinate, dominating, governing, overriding, predominate, ascendant, superior, paramount, possessive, unruly, dominant, sovereign, rebellious, contumacious, predominant, preponderant, controllingsubordinateadjective
subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
"a subordinate kingdom"
Antonyms:
dominating, mutinous, superior, preponderant, possessive, predominant, ascendant, supreme, unruly, overriding, controlling, predominate, governing, paramount, preponderating, disobedient, contumacious, dominant, ascendent, sovereign, insubordinate, rebelliousdependent, subordinateverb
(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"
Synonyms:
pendent, drug-addicted, dependant, qualified, strung-out, low-level, subject, dependent, pendant, hookedAntonyms:
ascendant, rebellious, governing, controlling, sovereign, dominant, mutinous, insubordinate, predominate, dominating, unruly, superior, preponderating, paramount, contumacious, predominant, disobedient, preponderant, supreme, overriding, possessive, ascendentsubordinateverb
rank or order as less important or consider of less value
"Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"
Synonyms:
subdueAntonyms:
ascendant, unruly, possessive, paramount, controlling, governing, preponderant, dominating, mutinous, predominate, insubordinate, contumacious, preponderating, disobedient, superior, sovereign, overriding, ascendent, dominant, supreme, predominant, rebellioussubordinate, subdueverb
make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
"Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
Synonyms:
crucify, surmount, curb, chasten, tame, stamp down, inhibit, overcome, subdue, reduce, suppress, repress, subjugate, master, quash, conquer, keep down, get over, mortifyAntonyms:
dominating, sovereign, preponderating, mutinous, contumacious, superior, ascendant, preponderant, predominate, disobedient, paramount, rebellious, controlling, insubordinate, overriding, possessive, dominant, ascendent, governing, supreme, unruly, predominant
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
subordinateadjective
Synonyms:
inferior, subservient, subject, ancillary, minor, secondarysubordinatenoun
subordinateverb
Synonyms:
subject, make subordinate, make subservient
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "subordinate":
subordinated, junior, subordinates, subservient, subsidiary, subject, dependent, slave, conditional, secondary, lower-level, contingent
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#259 | subject | |
#1314 | master | |
#1652 | aid | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#2318 | assistant | |
#2758 | junior | |
#2766 | secondary | |
#3344 | qualified | |
#3780 | dependent | |
#3868 | accessory | |
#5874 | slave | |
#6921 | pendant | |
#7548 | overcome | |
#7868 | subsidiary | |
#9933 | conditional | |
#10802 | auxiliary | |
#12551 | curb | |
#12773 | promoter | |
#12931 | helper | |
#13159 | hooked | |
#13251 | ally | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#16211 | conquer | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#17710 | confederate | |
#17901 | inhibit | |
#18868 | subordinate | |
#22879 | tame | |
#23938 | dependant | |
#30905 | mercenary | |
#32722 | subordinated | |
#39484 | subordinates | |
#48413 | pendent | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#56041 | repress | |
#62620 | subservient | |
#66240 | quash | |
#80021 | crucify | |
#91158 | infantryman | |
#100697 | surmount | |
#116275 | subjugate | |
#135275 | underling | |
#162664 | marcher | |
#169762 | coadjutor | |
#219145 | mortify | |
#246567 | chasten |
How to use subordinate in a sentence?
Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite.
We are barrelling towards an incoherent Brexit that is going to leave us trapped in a subordinate relationship to the EU, with no say over the rules that will govern huge swathes of our economy.
Just as this week's 'tactical weapon' test was a signal to warn Trump that his much-vaunted 'freeze' is in jeopardy, the verbal attack on Pompeo is meant to encourage Trump to ignore his hardline advisers and make a deal with his 'friend' Kim Jong Un, as long as the North Koreans believe they can flatter and dupe the U.S. president into making important concessions ... they will resist dealing with less gullible and more demanding subordinate U.S. officials.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel:
A single person, I need hardly say, is something subordinate, and as such he must dedicate himself to the ethical whole. Hence, if the State claims life, the individual must surrender it… All the worth which the human being possesses… he possesses only through the State.
Navy Personnel Command and our subordinate commands take every measure to ensure the volume of transactions does not exceed our capacity, but occasionally backlogs do occur due to a variety of reasons. These backlogs are resolved as quickly as possible to limit the impacts to sailors.
Translations for subordinate
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- المرؤوسArabic
- podřídit, podřízenýCzech
- underordnetDanish
- unterordnen, untergeordnetGerman
- υποτελής, εξαρτημένος, δευτερεύωνGreek
- subordinadoSpanish
- تابع, فرودست, زیردستPersian
- alisteinen, alainen, väheksyä, alamainen, alistaaFinnish
- subordonnées, subordonné, subordonnée, subordonnésFrench
- fo-ordaigh, íochtaránach, fo-ordaitheIrish
- alárendeltHungarian
- ژێردهستهKurdish
- ondergeschiktDutch
- podrzędnyPolish
- subordinar, dominar, submeter, subordinada, sujeitar, subjugar, subordinadoPortuguese
- subordonată, subordonatRomanian
- подчинять, подчинённый, придаточныйRussian
- zavisan, потчињен, potčinjeni, зависан, potčinjenSerbo-Croatian
- underordna, underordnadSwedish
- అధీనTelugu
- ماتحتUrdu
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