| Main Entry: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | issue, matter |
Synonyms: |
affair, argument, business, case, chapter, class, core, course, discussion, field of reference, gist, head, idea, item, material, matter at hand, meat*, motif, motion, motive, object, point, principal object, problem, proposal, question, resolution, study, subject matter, substance, text, theme, theorem, thesis, thought, topic |
| Main Entry: | bone of contention |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difference of opinion |
Synonyms: |
altercation, apple of discord, argument, beef, conflict, controversy, debate, disagreement, dispute, grounds for war, issue, matter at hand, point in question, problem, sore point, tender spot |
| Main Entry: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
subject, a slave to, anaclitic, at one's beck and call, at the feet of, at the mercy of, chicken-pecked, constrained, dependent, downtrodden, enslaved, feudal, feudatory, henpecked, in harness, in leading strings, in subjection to, in the clutches of, in the hands of, in the power of, led by the nose, liable, liberticidal, mancipate, on the hip, overborne, overwhelmed, parasitical, prochnial, procrustean, stipendiary, subordinate, sycophantic, the plaything of, the puppet of, the sport of, under control, under one's command, under one's orders, under one's thumb, under the lash, uxorious
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