subordinate

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I - noun

1. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
subsidiary, underling, foot soldier
• Derivationally related forms:
subsidiary (for: subsidiary)
• Hypernyms:
assistant, helper, help, supporter
• Hyponyms:
associate, bottom dog, cog, man, second fiddle, second banana
2. a word that is more specific than a given word
• Syn:
hyponym, subordinate word
• Hypernyms:
word

II - verb

1. rank or order as less important or consider of less value (Freq. 1)
- Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools
• Derivationally related forms:
subordination
• Hypernyms:
rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
• Hyponyms:
outclass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
- Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler
• Syn:
subdue
• Derivationally related forms:
subordination
• Hypernyms:
lower, lour
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

III - adjective

1. lower in rank or importance (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
low-level
• Ant:
dominant
• Similar to:
adjunct, assistant, associate, secondary, under
• See Also:
inferior
• Derivationally related forms:
subordinateness
• Attrubites:
status, position
2. subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
- a subordinate kingdom
• Ant:
insubordinate
• Similar to:
feudatory, ruled, subject, dependent, subservient
• See Also:
submissive, low-level
3. (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
• Syn:
dependent
• Ant:
independent (for: dependent)
• Topics:
grammar

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dependent, low-level, hyponym, subordinate word, subsidiary, underling, foot soldier, subdue
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  independent, main(a), insubordinate, dominant