Synonyms for subject
ˈsʌb dʒɪkt; səbˈdʒɛkt

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1. subject, topic, theme(noun)

   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 object(noun)

   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, bailiwick(noun)

   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, matter(noun)

   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. subject(noun)

   (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 pig(noun)

   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, subject(noun)

   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. subject(adj)

   (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, subject(adj)

   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, dependent(adj)

    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. subject(verb)

    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. subject(verb)

    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. subject(verb)

    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, subject(verb)

    make subservient; force to submit or subdue

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

    Antonyms:
    unaffected, insusceptible, insubordinate, unsusceptible

15. submit, subject(verb)

    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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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. subject(a)

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

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

2. subject(n)

   Synonyms:
   question, matter, material, theme, topic

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

1. subject(v. a.)

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

2. subject(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   enslave, inthrall

3. subject(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   expose, make liable

4. subject(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   submit, refer

5. subject(a.)

   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. subject(a.)

   Synonyms:
   submissive, obedient

7. subject(a.)

   Synonyms:
   exposed, liable

8. subject(n.)

   Synonyms:
   dependent, subordinate

9. subject(n.)

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

10. subject(n.)

    Synonyms:
    hero, person treated of

11. subject(n.)

    Synonyms:
    nominative, nominative case

12. subject(n.)

    Synonyms:
    corpse, dead body, carcass

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

1. subject(a)

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

   Antonyms:
   exempt, immune, independent, free

2. subject(n)

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

3. subject(v)

   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. Jonathan Cohn:

   The government had been seeking to subject dietary supplements to the same gold standard for testing as prescription drugs, bayer has faithfully followed the law, including the FTC's previous guidance.

2. Bernie Sanders saying climate change:

   When you have drought, when people can't grow their crops, they're going to migrate into cities, and when people migrate into cities and they don't have jobs, there's going to be a lot more instability, a lot more unemployment, and people will be subject to the types of propaganda that al-Qaeda and ISIS are using right now.

3. Noam Chomsky:

   There is no reason to accept the doctrines crafted to sustain power and privilege, or to believe that we are constrained by mysterious and unknown social laws. These are simply decisions made within institutions that are subject to human will and that must face the test of legitimacy. And if they do not meet the test, they can be replaced by other institutions that are more free and more just, as has happened often in the past.

4. Michael Hanson:

   Our base case is for limited progress and Chinese retaliation. We see a significant risk for all Chinese imports to be subject to tariffs over the next month or so, the market reaction will ultimately depend on whether China and the U.S. continue to negotiate, whether the remaining $ 325 billion of U.S. imports from China also get tariffed, how China retaliates, and what happens to the( section) 232 auto tariffs.

5. Chief Financial Officer Edmar Lopes:

   Bank loans will not be subject to any discounts.

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