Synonyms for subject
ˈsʌb dʒɪkt; səbˈdʒɛktsub·ject

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1. subject

   To defeat an enemy is to gain an advantage for the time; to vanquish is to win a signal victory; to conquer is to overcome so effectually that the victory is regarded as final. Conquer, in many cases, carries the idea of possession; as, to conquer respect, affection, peace, etc. A country is conquered when its armies are defeated and its territory is occupied by the enemy; it may be subjected to indemnity or to various disabilities; it is subjugated when it is held helplessly and continuously under military control; it is subdued when all resistance has died out. An army is defeated when forcibly driven back; it is routed when it is converted into a mob of fugitives. Compare BEAT.

   Synonyms:
   beat, checkmate, conquer, crush, defeat, discomfit, down, humble, master, overcome, overmaster, overmatch, overpower, overthrow, prevail over, put down, reduce, rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, vanquish, win, worst

   Antonyms:
   capitulate, cede, fail, fall, fly, forfeit, lose, resign, retire, retreat, submit, succumb, surrender, yield

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. subjectadjective

   Synonyms:
   subordinate, subservient, exposed, liable, prone, disposed, obnoxious, amenable

   Antonyms:
   superior, independent, exempt, indisposed, unliable, unamenable

2. subjectnoun

   Synonyms:
   question, matter, material, theme, topic

Princeton's WordNet(4.83 / 6 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. subject, topic, themenoun

   the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

   "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"

   Synonyms:
   national, paper, content, topic, radical, composition, issue, motif, discipline, base, case, subject area, musical theme, matter, theme, root word, depicted object, study, stem, guinea pig, report, melodic theme, idea, subject field, root, field, field of study, bailiwick

   Antonyms:
   unsusceptible, insusceptible, unaffected, insubordinate

2. subject, content, depicted objectnoun

   something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

   "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"

   Synonyms:
   national, content, topic, mental object, issue, subject matter, discipline, case, subject area, matter, substance, theme, depicted object, study, guinea pig, contentedness, subject field, message, capacity, cognitive content, field, field of study, bailiwick

   Antonyms:
   insusceptible, unsusceptible, unaffected, insubordinate

3. discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwicknoun

   a branch of knowledge

   "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"

   Synonyms:
   topic, sphere, field of study, case, champaign, written report, guinea pig, battlefield, theme, theater, subject area, survey, report, study, playing area, area, force field, theater of operations, flying field, theatre of operations, field of honor, bailiwick, sketch, field of view, depicted object, theatre, battleground, subject field, airfield, playing field, national, field of force, athletic field, field of operation, discipline, landing field, field of operations, domain, correction, line of business, issue, arena, field, cogitation, field of battle, orbit, matter, work, content, plain

   Antonyms:
   insusceptible, unaffected, unsusceptible, insubordinate

4. topic, subject, issue, matternoun

   some situation or event that is thought about

   "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

   Synonyms:
   topic, effect, progeny, matter, field of study, issuing, case, government issue, issuance, takings, theme, consequence, take, thing, subject area, result, study, event, upshot, return, bailiwick, offspring, military issue, depicted object, egress, outlet, subject field, exit, national, discipline, number, yield, emergence, outcome, way out, affair, issue, payoff, field, proceeds, publication, content, guinea pig

   Antonyms:
   insusceptible, insubordinate, unsusceptible, unaffected

5. subjectnoun

   (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

   Synonyms:
   subject area, theme, guinea pig, subject field, case, topic, depicted object, study, national, field, matter, discipline, issue, field of study, content, bailiwick

   Antonyms:
   unaffected, insubordinate, unsusceptible, insusceptible

6. subject, case, guinea pignoun

   a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

   "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"

   Synonyms:
   topic, type, font, instance, field of study, pillow slip, case, eccentric, pillowcase, guinea pig, fount, casing, subject area, character, study, event, theme, bailiwick, cause, depicted object, shell, causa, subject field, slip, compositor's case, caseful, grammatical case, discipline, example, face, showcase, vitrine, national, issue, display case, field, sheath, typeface, typesetter's case, matter, lawsuit, content, suit

   Antonyms:
   insubordinate, unaffected, unsusceptible, insusceptible

7. national, subjectnoun

   a person who owes allegiance to that nation

   "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"

   Synonyms:
   theme, content, topic, issue, national, discipline, case, subject area, matter, depicted object, study, guinea pig, subject field, field, field of study, bailiwick

   Antonyms:
   unaffected, unsusceptible, insusceptible, insubordinate

8. subjectadjective

   (logic) the first term of a proposition

   Synonyms:
   subject area, theme, guinea pig, subject field, case, topic, depicted object, study, national, field, matter, discipline, issue, field of study, content, bailiwick

   Antonyms:
   insusceptible, unsusceptible, unaffected, insubordinate

9. capable, open, subjectadjective

   possibly accepting or permitting

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   overt, unfastened, receptive, heart-to-heart, undefendable, open(a), undefended, exposed, dependent, clear, open, candid, undecided, up to(p), loose, capable, assailable, unresolved, equal to(p), undetermined, able, adequate to(p), opened

   Antonyms:
   insubordinate, insusceptible, unsusceptible, unaffected

10. subject, dependentadjective

    being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

    "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"

    Synonyms:
    pendent, dependent, drug-addicted, dependant, subordinate, qualified, strung-out, open, pendant, hooked, capable

    Antonyms:
    unaffected, insubordinate, insusceptible, unsusceptible

11. subjectverb

    likely to be affected by something

    "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression"

    Synonyms:
    capable, open, dependent

    Antonyms:
    insubordinate, unaffected, unsusceptible, insusceptible

12. subjectverb

    cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

    "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"

    Synonyms:
    subjugate, submit

    Antonyms:
    insubordinate, unaffected, insusceptible, unsusceptible

13. subjectverb

    make accountable for

    "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"

    Synonyms:
    subjugate, submit

    Antonyms:
    insubordinate, insusceptible, unsusceptible, unaffected

14. subjugate, subjectverb

    make subservient; force to submit or subdue

    Synonyms:
    subdue, subjugate, submit, keep down, repress, reduce, quash

    Antonyms:
    unaffected, insusceptible, insubordinate, unsusceptible

15. submit, subjectverb

    refer for judgment or consideration

    "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"

    Synonyms:
    defer, bow, state, relegate, accede, subjugate, put in, put forward, posit, resign, pass on, present, take, reconcile, give in, render, submit

    Antonyms:
    unaffected, insusceptible, unsusceptible, insubordinate

Matched Categories

1. • Affect
   • Cognitive Content
   • Constituent
   • Dominate
   • Grammar
   • Knowledge Domain
   • Message
   • Person
   • Submit
   • Thing

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. subjectverb

   Synonyms:
   subdue, control, bring under rule, make submissive, make subordinate

2. subjectverb

   Synonyms:
   enslave, inthrall

3. subjectverb

   Synonyms:
   expose, make liable

4. subjectverb

   Synonyms:
   submit, refer

5. subjectadjective

   Synonyms:
   subservient, subjected, in bondage, under the lash, under one's thumb, under one's command, at one's command, at one's beck or call, at one's mercy

6. subjectadjective

   Synonyms:
   submissive, obedient

7. subjectadjective

   Synonyms:
   exposed, liable

8. subjectnoun

   Synonyms:
   dependent, subordinate

9. subjectnoun

   Synonyms:
   topic, theme, thesis, point, matter, subject-matter, matter in hand

10. subjectnoun

    Synonyms:
    hero, person treated of

11. subjectnoun

    Synonyms:
    nominative, nominative case

12. subjectnoun

    Synonyms:
    corpse, dead body, carcass

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. subjectadjective

   Synonyms:
   exposed, liable, prone, answerable, amenable, subservient, subordinate

   Antonyms:
   exempt, immune, independent, free

2. subjectnoun

   Synonyms:
   dependant, subordinate, topic, subject matter, theme

3. subjectverb

   Synonyms:
   subordinate, expose

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "subject":

   topic, issue, matter, object, theme, item, submitted, question, purpose, subjected, regard, subjects, subject-matter, topics, subordinate, liable, respect, oggetto, re, thematic, point, prone, connection, area, referred, subordinated, themes, story, sujet, covered, conditional

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. subject

   Synonyms:
   Participant, trial subject

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1. Kipp Davis:

   These good intentions that draw from a place of faith are subject to some really gross manipulations.

2. Robert Litt:

   I don't know that the department has ever encountered this situation where the reason a person isn't being charged with a crime is that the person is immune by virtue of his office and is subject to impeachment as a result, the more damaging the report is to the president, the greater the pressure is on Barr to release it, and paradoxically of course, if the report completely exonerates the president, then the president should want it released.

3. Debra Johnson:

   It appeared that he punched the subject because he had a weapon in his hand at the time, is that force justified?

4. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz:

   It is striking that the day after Donald Trump called for weakening NATO, withdrawing from NATO, we see Brussels, where NATO is headquartered, the subject of a radical Islamic terror attack, donald Trump is wrong that America should withdraw from the world and abandon our allies. Donald Trump is wrong that American should retreat from Europe, retreat from NATO, hand Putin a major victory and while he's at it hand ISIS a major victory.

5. Kris Jenner:

   If I'm not honest because I'm afraid to talk to you about this subject, because I know it hurts, I understand that, am I doing it right, Khloe ? You can never do this right, OK ? There's no right way to do this.