| 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: | subject |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | one under authority of another |
Synonyms: |
case, client, customer, dependent, guinea pig, liege, national, patient, serf, subordinate, vassal |
Antonyms: |
master |
| 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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| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity |
Synonyms: |
assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, office function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal concern |
Synonyms: |
affair, assignment, beeswax, carrying on, duty, function, goings-on, hanky-panky, happening, interest, issue, lookout, matter, palaver, point, problem, question, responsibility, subject, task, topic |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Main Entry: | butt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object of joking |
Synonyms: |
chump, clay pigeon, derision, dupe*, easy mark, fall guy, fool, goat, jestee, joke, laughingstock, mark, patsy, pigeon, sap, setup, sitting duck, softie, subject, sucker, target, turkey, victim |
| Main Entry: | citizen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person native of country |
Synonyms: |
John/Jane Q. Public, aborigine, burgess, burgher, civilian, commoner, cosmopolite, denizen, dweller, freeman/woman, householder, inhabitant, member of body politic, member of community, national, native, naturalized person, occupant, resident, settler, subject, taxpayer, townsperson, urbanite, villager, voter |
Antonyms: |
alien, foreigner, immigrant |
| Main Entry: | civilian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonmilitary person |
Synonyms: |
citizen, civ, civvie, commoner, noncombatant, private citizen, subject |
| Main Entry: | class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group in school |
Synonyms: |
academy, colloquium, course, course of study, division, form, grade, homeroom, lecture group, line, quiz group, recitation, room, round table, section, seminar, seminary, session, study, study group, subdivision, subject |
| Main Entry: | content |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | essence, meaning |
Synonyms: |
burden, composition, constitution, gist, idea, matter, significance, subject, subject matter, substance, text, thought |