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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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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
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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