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subject - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: subject
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: at the mercy of; answerable
Synonyms: accountable, apt, at one's feet, bound by, captive, collateral, conditional, contingent, controlled, dependent, directed, disposed, enslaved, exposed, governed, in danger of, inferior, liable, likely, obedient, open, prone, provisional, ruled, satellite, secondary, sensitive, servile, slavish, sub*, subaltern, subjugated, submissive, subordinate, subservient, substract, susceptible, tentative, tributary, under, vulnerable
Antonyms: master
Main Entry: subject
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: issue, matter
Synonyms: affair, argument, business, case, chapter, class, core, course, discussion, gist, head, idea, item, material, meat*, motif, motion, motive, object, point, problem, proposal, question, resolution, study, subject matter, substance, text, theme, theorem, thesis, thought, topic, field of reference, matter at hand, principal object
Main Entry: subject
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: one under authority of another
Synonyms: case, client, customer, dependent, guinea pig*, national, patient, serf, subordinate, vassal, liege
Antonyms: master
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Main Entry: subject
Part of Speech: adjective, noun
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Adjectives:
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, subject, 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
Main Entry: answerable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: responsible
Synonyms: accountable, amenable, bound, chargeable, liable, obligated, obliged, subject, compelled, constrained, to blame
Antonyms: irrefutable, unaccountable, unprovable
Main Entry: beneath
Part of Speech: preposition
Definition: inferior
Synonyms: below, lesser, subject, subordinate, under, underneath, less than, lower than, unbefitting, unworthy of
Antonyms: above, higher, over, superior
Main Entry: citizen
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person native of country
Synonyms: aborigine, civilian, commoner, denizen, dweller, householder, inhabitant, national, native, occupant, resident, settler, subject, voter, John/Jane Q. Public, burgess, burgher, cosmopolite, freeman/woman, member of body politic, member of community, naturalized person, taxpayer, townsperson, urbanite, villager
Notes: a denizen is someone who inhabits a particular place while a citizen is a native or naturalized member of a state, city, town, or other political community
Antonyms: alien, foreigner, immigrant
Main Entry: civilian
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nonmilitary person
Synonyms: citizen, commoner, subject, civ, civvie, noncombatant, private citizen
Main Entry: denizen
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: resident
Synonyms: citizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, national, native, occupant, subject, indweller, inhabiter, liver, resider
Antonyms: alien, foreigner, immigrant
Main Entry: disposed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: inclined to a type of behavior
Synonyms: apt, biased, game*, given, liable, likely, minded, partial, predisposed, prone, ready, subject, willing, at drop of hat, fain, game for, of a mind to, tending toward
Antonyms: indisposed, unlikely, unwilling, unready
Main Entry: enslave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone a servant
Synonyms: bind, capture, chain, check, circumscribe, coerce, compel, confine, deprive, dominate, enclose, enthrall, fetter, hobble, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, indenture, jail, oppress, reduce, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, tether, tie, yoke, disenfranchise, disfranchise, enchain, get hooks into, keep under thumb, put in irons, shut in
Antonyms: allow, emancipate, free, liberate, let go
Main Entry: enthrall
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: captivate
Synonyms: absorb, beguile, bewitch, charm, enchant, engage, enrapture, enslave, entrance, fascinate, grab, grip, hook, hypnotize, intrigue, mesmerize, subdue, subject, subjugate, hold spellbound, preoccupy, rivet, spellbind
Antonyms: bore, dull, tire, turn off, weary
Main Entry: gist
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: meaning, essence
Synonyms: basis, bearing, bottom line*, burden, core, drift, force, heart, idea, import, kernel*, keynote, marrow, matter, meat*, name of the game*, nuts and bolts*, pith*, point, punch line, quintessence, score, sense, short, significance, soul, spirit, stuff*, subject, substance, summary, tenor, theme, thrust, topic, upshot*, nature of the beast, nitty gritty
Main Entry: guinea pig
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: experimental subject
Synonyms: subject, victim, Cavia porcellus, cavy, examinee, experimental animal, experimental subject, lab animal, lab rat, laboratory animal, rodent, test animal, test subject, testee
Main Entry: inferior
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person of lesser rank, importance
Synonyms: adherent, attendant, auxiliary, deputy, disciple, follower, hanger-on, hireling, junior, menial, minion, minor, peon, satellite, second banana*, subaltern, subject, subordinate, sycophant, underling
Antonyms: superior
Main Entry: inflict
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: impose something
Synonyms: administer, apply, command, deliver, dispense, exact, expose, extort, force, give, levy, require, strike, subject, visit, wreak, bring upon, deal out, force upon, give it to, lay down the law, mete out, stick it to
Main Entry: motif
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: central theme
Synonyms: concept, design, idea, logo, notion, pattern, structure, subject
Main Entry: obsequious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: groveling, submissive
Synonyms: abject, beggarly, complacent, compliant, cringing, deferential, fawning, flattering, ingratiating, menial, obeisant, oily*, prostrate, respectful, servile, slavish, spineless*, subject, submissive, subordinate, subservient, unctuous, brownnosing, compliable, crouching, enslaved, kowtowing, parasitic, parasitical, sneaking, sniveling, stipendiary, sycophantic, toadying
Antonyms: arrogant, assertive, brazen, confident, presumptuous
Main Entry: patient
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person being treated for medical problem
Synonyms: case, convalescent, emergency, inmate, invalid, subject, victim, outpatient, shut-in, sick person, sufferer
Antonyms: doctor
Main Entry: powerless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: weak; unable
Synonyms: blank, chicken*, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, disabled, feeble, frail, gutless, helpless, impotent, incapable, incapacitated, ineffective, ineffectual, inert, infirm, paralyzed, passive, prostrate, subject, supine, tied, unarmed, unfit, vulnerable, wimp*, wishy-washy*, disenfranchised, etiolated, out of gas
Antonyms: able, dominant, potent, powerful, strong
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