Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, a. [Pref. sub + L. ordinatus, p.
p. of ordinare to set in order, to arrange. See Ordain.]
1. Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower
or inferior position.
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The several kinds and subordinate species of each
are easily distinguished. --Woodward.
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2. Inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or
the like.
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It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the
understanding. --South.
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Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, n.
One who stands in order or rank below another; --
distinguished from a principal. --Milton.
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Subordinate \Sub*or"di*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Subordinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Subordinating.]
1. To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as
of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one
creature to another.
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2. To make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate
the passions to reason.
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Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
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2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not
able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything,
without the will, power, or aid of something else; not
self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon;
as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of
independent. [Narrower terms: interdependent,
mutualist, mutually beneficial; parasitic, parasitical,
leechlike, bloodsucking; subordinate; underage;
myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree.
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England, long dependent and degraded, was again a
power of the first rank. --Macaulay.
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3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of
unconditional.
Syn: qualified.
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4. addicted to drugs.
Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
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Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not
binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose
changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
changes in another variable, which is called the
independent variable.
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subordinate
adj 1: lower in rank or importance [syn: low-level] [ant: dominant]
2: subject or submissive to authority or the control of
another; "a subordinate kingdom" [ant: insubordinate]
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]
4: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn: junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking,
lowly, petty(a), secondary, subaltern]
n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
[syn: subsidiary, underling, foot soldier]
2: a word that is more specific than a given word [syn: hyponym,
subordinate word]
v 1: rank or order as less important or consider of less value;
"Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these
schools"
2: make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes
have to be subordinated to that of our ruler" [syn: subdue]
WordNet (r) 2.0
125 Moby Thesaurus words for "subordinate":
accessory, adjuvant, aide, assistant, assort, auxiliary, below,
beneath, bolt, categorize, classify, client, cog, collate,
collateral, common, commonality, commonalty, contributory,
creature, demeaning, dependent, deprive of freedom, disadvantaged,
disenfranchise, disfranchise, divide, dominate, employee, enslave,
enthrall, feudal, feudatory, flunky, follower, gradate, grade,
group, hanger-on, helper, hireling, hoi polloi, hold captive,
hold down, hold in bondage, hold in captivity, hold in leash,
hold in subjection, homager, humble, in the shade, inferior,
infra dig, junior, keep down, keep under, lackey, lead captive,
less, lesser, liege, liege man, lightweight, low, lower,
lower class, lower orders, lowly, make dependent, masses, minion,
minor, modest, myrmidon, next to, ordinary, pawn, peon, peonize,
poor relation, rank, retainer, riddle, right-hand man, satellite,
screen, scrub, second fiddle, second rank, second string,
secondary, separate, serf, servant, servile, sieve, sift, size,
slave, sort, sort out, staffer, stooge, sub, subaltern, subject,
subjugate, subordinate to, subservient, subsidiary, supplementary,
take captive, third rank, third string, third stringer, tributary,
under, underling, underprivileged, understrapper, vassal,
vassalize, vulgar, yeoman, yes-man
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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