Definition of Subject

1. Noun. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion. "His letters were always on the theme of love"

Exact synonyms: Theme, Topic
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Specialized synonyms: Bone Of Contention, Precedent, Head, Question, Keynote
Derivative terms: Thematic, Topical

2. Verb. Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to. "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"

3. Adjective. Possibly accepting or permitting. "The time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"
Exact synonyms: Capable, Open
Similar to: Susceptible
Derivative terms: Capability

4. 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"
Exact synonyms: Content, Depicted Object
Generic synonyms: Thing
Group relationships: Scene, View

5. Verb. Make accountable for. "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
Generic synonyms: Submit

6. Adjective. Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others. "A dependent prince"
Exact synonyms: Dependent
Similar to: Subordinate
Derivative terms: Dependency

7. Noun. A branch of knowledge. "Anthropology is the study of human beings"

8. Verb. Make subservient; force to submit or subdue.
Exact synonyms: Subjugate
Specialized synonyms: Dragoon, Enslave
Generic synonyms: Dominate, Master
Derivative terms: Subjection, Subjection, Subjugation, Subjugator

9. Adjective. Likely to be affected by something. "He is subject to fits of depression"
Similar to: Affected

10. Noun. Some situation or event that is thought about. "It is a matter for the police"
Exact synonyms: Issue, Matter, Topic
Generic synonyms: Cognitive Content, Content, Mental Object
Specialized synonyms: Area, Blind Spot, Remit, Res Adjudicata, Res Judicata
Derivative terms: Matter, Topical

11. Verb. Refer for judgment or consideration. "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"
Exact synonyms: Submit
Specialized synonyms: Give, Return, Pass On, Relegate, Submit
Generic synonyms: Refer
Derivative terms: Submission

12. Noun. (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated.
Category relationships: Grammar
Generic synonyms: Constituent, Grammatical Constituent

13. Noun. A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation. "The cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
Exact synonyms: Case, Guinea Pig
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul

14. Noun. A person who owes allegiance to that nation. "A monarch has a duty to his subjects"
Exact synonyms: National
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Group relationships: Country, Land, Nation
Specialized synonyms: Citizen, Compatriot, Nationalist, Patriot
Derivative terms: National

15. Noun. (logic) the first term of a proposition.
Category relationships: Logic
Generic synonyms: Term

Definition of Subject

1. a. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

2. n. That which is placed under the authority, dominion, control, or influence of something else.

3. v. t. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue.

Definition of Subject

1. to cause to experience [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subject

subirrigation
subirrigations
subitem
subitems
subitise
subitised
subitises
subitize
subitized
subitizes
subito
subjacencies
subjacency
subjacent
subjacently
subject (current term)
subject(p)
subjected
subjecting
subjection
subjections
subjective
subjectively
subjectiveness
subjectives
subjectivise
subjectivised
subjectivises
subjectivising
subjectivism

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