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The synonyms of “Subordinate” are: dependent, low-level, lower-ranking, junior, lower, lesser, inferior, lowly, minor, supporting, secondary, subsidiary, subservient, ancillary, auxiliary, attendant, peripheral, marginal, of little account, of little importance, hyponym, subordinate word, foot soldier, underling, assistant, second, second in command, number two, right-hand man, right-hand woman, deputy, aide, adjutant, subaltern, apprentice, flunkey, minion, lackey, mate, subdue
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “subordinate” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| adjutant | A military officer who acts as an administrative assistant to a senior officer. He eventually became adjutant to the commander of the tactical air force. |
| aide | An assistant to an important person, especially a political leader. A presidential aide. |
| apprentice | Works for an expert to learn a trade. An apprentice barman. |
| assistant | A person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose. A care assistant. |
| deputy | A coal mine official responsible for safety. The deputy prime minister. |
| flunkey | A liveried manservant or footman. |
| foot soldier | Travel by walking. |
| hyponym | A word of more specific meaning than a general or superordinate term applicable to it For example spoon is a hyponym of cutlery. |
| inferior | An inferior letter figure or symbol. Her social and intellectual inferiors. |
| junior | A child attending a junior school. Look here junior it s none of your business. |
| lackey | A brownish European moth of woods and hedgerows, the caterpillars of which live communally in a silken tent on the food tree. Lackeys were waiting to help them from the carriage. |
| mate | South American tea like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate. See you then mate. |
| minion | A follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one. He gets oppressed minions like me to fob them off. |
| number two | A symbol used to represent a number. |
| right-hand man | Game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games. |
| right-hand woman | A female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man. |
| second | A speech seconding a motion. The treasure is 2 minutes and 45 seconds south of here. |
| second in command | A particular point in time. |
| subaltern | A British commissioned army officer below the rank of captain. |
| subordinate word | A word that is more specific than a given word. |
| subsidiary | A company that is completely controlled by another company. A subsidiary of Cable and Wireless. |
| underling | A person lower in status or rank. She was shouting orders at underlings between gulps of coffee. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “subordinate” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| subdue | Get on top of; deal with successfully. She managed to subdue an instinct to applaud. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “subordinate” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| ancillary | Furnishing added support. Paragraph 19 was merely ancillary to paragraph 16. |
| attendant | (of a person) accompanying another as a companion or assistant. Attendant circumstances. |
| auxiliary | (of troops) engaged in the service of a nation at war but not part of the regular army. The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other. |
| dependent | Contingent on or determined by. People dependent on drugs. |
| inferior | Of low or inferior quality. Ulcers located in the inferior and posterior wall of the duodenum. |
| junior | Including or intended for youthful persons. A junior minister. |
| lesser | Used in names of animals and plants which are smaller than similar kinds e g lesser spotted woodpecker lesser celandine. He was convicted of a lesser assault charge. |
| low-level | At a low level in rank or importance. |
| lower | (of an animal or plant) showing relatively primitive or simple characteristics. The lower levels of the building. |
| lower-ranking | Inferior in rank or status. |
| lowly | Of low birth or station (`base’ is archaic in this sense. A lowly parish priest. |
| marginal | Relating to water adjacent to the land’s edge or coast. It seems likely to make only a marginal difference. |
| minor | Of an interval characteristic of a minor scale and less by a semitone than the equivalent major interval. Minor children. |
| of little account | Lowercase. |
| of little importance | Small and of little importance. |
| peripheral | Of secondary or minor importance; marginal. She will see their problems as peripheral to her own. |
| secondary | (chiefly of amines) derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by organic groups. Played a secondary role in world events. |
| subservient | Compliant and obedient to authority. She was subservient to her parents. |
| subsidiary | (of a company) controlled by a holding or parent company. Many argue that the cause of animal rights is subsidiary to that of protecting the environment. |
| supporting | Bearing all or part of the weight of something. A supporting wall. |
| annihilation | Complete destruction or obliteration. A show of independence is its only hope of avoiding annihilation in next year s elections. |
| clause | An expression including a subject and predicate but not constituting a complete sentence. |
| conquest | The act of conquering. She was someone he could display before his friends as his latest conquest. |
| defeat | An instance of defeating or being defeated. Defeat your enemies. |
| double | A double measure of spirits. Manchester United won the double twice. |
| enslave | Cause (someone) to lose their freedom of choice or action. They were enslaved by their need to take drugs. |
| insignificant | Devoid of importance, meaning, or force. An insignificant sum of money. |
| junior | A child attending a junior school. He s five years her junior. |
| mini | Denoting a miniature version of something. A mini dress. |
| miniature | A very small and highly detailed portrait or other painting. He drank miniatures of brandy on the flight. |
| minor | Of an interval characteristic of a minor scale and less by a semitone than the equivalent major interval. A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors. |
| mutation | A distinct form resulting from genetic mutation. The mutation of punk s angry energy into something more mindless. |
| nominally | In name only. The Republicans nominally controlled both houses of Congress but by slim margins. |
| offshoot | A thing that develops from something else. Commercial offshoots of universities. |
| peccadillo | A relatively minor fault or sin. The sexual peccadilloes of celebrities aren t necessarily news. |
| pettiness | The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous. Try to overlook insults and pettinesses. |
| recessive | A recessive trait or gene. This variant was a low status and recessive feature. |
| repress | Suppress in order to conceal or hide. The uprisings were repressed. |
| secondary | A secondary feather. Played a secondary role in world events. |
| sovereign | (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces. In modern democracies the people s will is in theory sovereign. |
| subjection | Forced submission to control by others. The country s subjection to European colonialism. |
| subjugation | Forced submission to control by others. The colonial subjugation of a country by means of brute military force. |
| subsidiary | Functioning in a supporting capacity. A subsidiary of Cable and Wireless. |
| trifling | Unimportant or trivial. A trifling sum. |
| underling | A person lower in status or rank. She was shouting orders at underlings between gulps of coffee. |
| unessential | Not basic or fundamental. A train has broken down resulting in a call to postpone all unessential travel. |
| unimportant | Lacking in importance or significance. A relatively unimportant feature of the system. |
| vassal | A person or country in a subordinate position to another. A vassal state of the Ottoman Empire. |
| verb | Use a word that is not conventionally used as a verb typically a noun as a verb. Any English noun can be verbed but some are more resistant than others. |
| vicarious | Occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function. Vicarious atonement. |
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