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subordinate

adjective
- lower in rank or importance
Synonyms: low-level Antonyms: dominant Similar: adjunct, assistant, associate, buck, under, secondary - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"
Antonyms: insubordinate Similar: feudatory, ruled, subject, dependent, subservient, submissive - 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"
Synonyms: dependent Antonyms: independent, main
noun
- an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
Synonyms: foot soldier, subsidiary, underling - a word that is more specific than a given word
Synonyms: hyponym, subordinate word
verb
- rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"
- make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"
Synonyms: subdue
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