subject

subject: n

1. topic, subject matter, matter, theme, angle; gist, meaning, substance, point, Inf. nub, heart; text, thesis, proposition; plot, plot line, story; motif, leitmotif.

2. branch of knowledge or study, discipline, course, study, course of study.

3. motive, cause, ground, rationale, reason, basis, source; peg, occasion, instance, factor; provocation, inducement, instigation.

4. liege, dependent, retainer.

5. citizen, national, allegiant, inhabitant, resident, taxpayer, voter.

6. puppet, satellite, cat's-paw, tool, instrument, Sl. stooge; underling, subordinate, follower, handmaid; chattel, thrall, slave, bondman, bondmaid, vassal, serf.

7. patient, case, client; examinee, testee, Inf. guinea Pig

adj

8. dependent, subservient, subordinate, inferior, under [s.o.'s] thumb, not able to call one's soul one's own, at [s.o.'s] beck and call; servile, slavish, subjugated, crushed, abject; puppetlike, satellite, vassal; controlled, manipulated, dominated, ruled; powerless, impotent, unable to stand on one's own two feet;-downtrodden, oppressed, voiceless, without any say.

9. allegiant, loyal, faithful, obedient, respectful; obei-sant, deferential, reverential.

10. open, exposed, naked, vulnerable, in danger of; susceptible, pregnable, assailable.

11. conditional, depending, contingent, at [s.o.'s] pleasure, provisional.

12. liable, prone to, sensitive to, susceptive, apt to, likely to.

v

13. conquer, quell, subdue, subjugate, subordinate, bring to one's knees, master, dominate, rule; enslave, enthrall, capture; tame, break, bend to one's will, lead by the nose, use as a doormat, humble, crush, keep down.

14. lay open, expose, make vulnerable; treat, put through, give, deal, deliver, administer.

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Synonyms:

Subdue, control, bring under rule, make submissive, make subordinate, Underneath, beneath, placed under, subjacent, Dependant, subordinate, person owing allegiance / Enslave, enthrall, Subservient, subjected, subordinate, inferior, 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, Topic, theme, thesis, point, matter, subject-matter, matter in hand, object-matter / Expose, make liable, Submissive, obedient, Hero, person treated of / Submit, refer, make accountable, Exposed, liable, prone, disposed, obnoxious, Subject-term, leading term, nominative / Make subservient, Corpse, dead body, carcass, body for dissection, cadaver / Cause to undergo, Substance / Recipient, object, case, patient / Experiencing mind / Mind, thinking being, conscious being, conscious subject, self, ego, me

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Subject — may refer to: *An area of interest, also called a topic meaning , thing you are talking or discussing about . It can also be termed as the area of discussion . See Lists of topics and Lists of basic topics. **An area of knowledge; **The focus of… … Wikipedia
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Subject — Sub*ject , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subjected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subjecting}.] 1. To bring under control, power, or dominion; to make subject; to subordinate; to subdue. [1913 Webster] Firmness of mind that subjects every gratification of sense to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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