subordinate as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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as an adjective: - 1
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subordinate
noun
1 subordinate
2 subordinate
verb
1 subordinate
Rank or order as less important or consider of less value.
2 subordinate
Make subordinate, dependent, or subservient:
— Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler.
synonym: subdue.
adjective
1 subordinate
Lower in rank or importance.
synonym: low-level.
Roget 34:
inferior,
smaller;
small
etc.
32;
minor,
less,
lesser,
deficient,
minus,
lower,
subordinate,
secondary;
secondrate
etc.
(imperfect)
651;
sub,
subaltern;
thrown into the shade;
weighed in the balance and found wanting;
not fit to hold a candle to,
can't hold a candle to.
least,
smallest
etc.
(little)
(small)
etc.
193;
lowest.
diminished
etc.
(decreased)
36;
reduced
etc.
(contracted)
195;
unimportant
etc.
643.
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Roget 643:
unimportant;
of little account,
of small account,
of no account,
of little importance,
of no importance
etc.
642;
immaterial;
unessential,
nonessential;
indifferent.
subordinate
etc.
(inferior)
34;
mediocre
etc.
(average)
29;
passable,
fair,
respectable,
tolerable,
commonplace;
uneventful,
mere,
common;
ordinary
etc.
(habitual)
613;
inconsiderable,
so-so,
insignificant,
inappreciable.
trifling,
trivial;
slight,
slender,
light,
flimsy,
frothy,
idle;
puerile
etc.
(foolish)
499;
airy,
shallow;
weak
etc.
160;
powerless
etc.
158;
frivolous,
petty,
niggling;
piddling,
peddling;
fribble†,
inane,
ridiculous,
farcical;
finical,
finikin†;
fiddle-faddle,
fingle-fangle†,
namby-pamby,
wishy-washy,
milk and water.
poor,
paltry,
pitiful;
contemptible
etc.
(contempt)
930;
sorry,
mean,
meager,
shabby,
miserable,
wretched,
vile,
scrubby,
scrannel†,
weedy,
niggardly,
scurvy,
putid†,
beggarly,
worthless,
twopennyhalfpenny,
cheap,
trashy,
catchpenny,
gimcrack,
trumpery;
one-horse [U.S.].
not worth the pains,
not worth while,
not worth mentioning,
not worth speaking of,
not worth a thought,
not worth a curse,
not worth a straw
etc.
n.;
beneath notice,
unworthy of notice,
beneath regard,
unworthy of regard,
beneath consideration,
unworthy of consideration;
de lana caprina [It];
vain
etc.
(useless)
645.
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2 subordinate
Subject or submissive to authority or the control of another.
3 subordinate
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.
synonym: dependent.
Roget 749:
subject,
dependent,
subordinate;
feudal,
feudatory;
in subjection to,
under control;
in leading strings,
in harness;
subjected,
enslaved
etc.
v.;
constrained
etc.
751;
downtrodden;
overborne,
overwhelmed;
under the lash,
on the hip,
led by the nose,
henpecked;
the puppet of,
the sport of,
the plaything of;
under one's orders,
under one's command,
under one's thumb;
a slave to;
at the mercy of;
in the power of,
in the hands of,
in the clutches of;
at the feet of;
at one's beck and call
etc.
(obedient)
743;
liable
etc.
177;
parasitical;
stipendiary.
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