Subject

Adjective

 * 1) likely to be affected by or experience something.
 * Menu listings and prices are subject to change.
 * He's subject to sneezing fits.
 * 1) conditional upon
 * The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board.

Noun

 * 1)  In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same.
 * “In the sentence ‘The mouse is eaten by the cat in the kitchen.’, ‘The mouse’ is the subject, ‘the cat’ being the agent.”
 * 1) The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, etc.
 * 2) A particular area of study.
 * Her favorite subject is physics.
 * 1) A citizen in a monarchy.
 * I am a British subject.
 * 1) A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.

Synonyms

 * matter, topic

Derived terms

 * subject title

Verb

 * 1)  To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.

Adjectives for Subject
contemporary; congenial; cognate; bruited; unhappy; abstract; apt; truer; humble; elevated; practical; tragical; touching; imaginable; despairing; dutiful; recurring; distressed; rebellious; incongruous; turbulent; daring; controversial; unruly; absorbing; varied (pi); analogous; fruitful; painful; related; utilitarian; historical; well-deter¬mined; idealistic; copious (pi); immediate; hypnotic; impressionable; intoxicating; diversified; rich; miscellaneous (pi); delicate; responsive; base; scriptural; antiquated; facetious; non-technical; allegorical; extraneous; unpleasant; proposed; dominant; preciplent; docile; kindred; thinking; suitable; abstruse; dehydrated; unwelcome; invaluable; horrified; corpulent; unwilling; traitorous; ephemeral; foolscap; stern; passive; coherent; striking; ethical; admiss-able; tributary; somber; decorative; obscure; vexed; isolated; leisure; least; unfortunate; tempted; philosophical; sentient; 'dehumanized; aggrieved; obtuse.

Verbs for Subject
abuse—; allude to—; ally to—; approach— assail—; bedevil—; branch off—; broach— brood over—; brush upon—; circumvent— comment on—; comprehend—; converse on —; debate on—; delve into—; depict—; dis¬miss—; draw upon—; edit—; evade—; ex¬haust—; exorcise—; expatiate on—; ex¬pound—; grasp—; hurry through—; intro¬duce—; investigate—; master—; mention—; nourish—; obscure—; phrase—; ponder over—; pursue—; return to—; scorn—; shake—; summarize—; tackle—; wrap one¬self up in—; —associates; —baffles; —s bruit; —deals; —engages; —exalts; —illum¬inates; —s interweave; —intrigues; —s range; —reacts; —recurs; —stimulates; — takes shape; —throws; —treats; —unfolds; —warms; harp on—.

Adverbs for Subject
minutely; perpetually; humiliatingly; rigorously; civilly; morally; debasingly; tyrannically; dictatorially.

Thesaurus
IC analysis, above, academic specialty, action, actor, affair, agent, anagnorisis, angle, answerable to, application, appositive, apt, architect, architectonics, architecture, area, argument, atmosphere, attribute, attributive, author, background, basis, bondmaid, bondman, bondslave, bondsman, bondswoman, boning, brainwork, burden, burden with, business, captive, case, catastrophe, cause, chapter, characterization, charge, chattel, chattel slave, churl, citizen, citizen by adoption, classical education, client, collateral, color, common, complement, complication, concern, concubine, conning, conquer, construction modifier, contemplation, contingent on, continuity, contrivance, core, core curriculum, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, course, course of study, cram, cramming, creator, crush, curriculum, cutting, debt slave, deep structure, demand, demeaning, denouement, dependent, dependent on, deprive of freedom, design, development, device, direct object, disadvantaged, discipline, discussed, disenfranchise, disfranchise, disposed to, doer, dominate, drill, elective, engrossment, enjoin, enslave, enthrall, episode, essence, exact, examinant, examinate, examinee, excuse, executant, executor, executrix, exercise, expose, exposed, exposed to, extensive study, fable, fabricator, falling action, fasten upon, feudal, feudatory, field, figure, filler, focus of attention, focus of interest, form-function unit, freight with, function, galley slave, general education, general studies, gimmick, gist, grind, grinding, grounds, guinea pig, head, heading, headwork, helot, hold captive, hold down, hold in bondage, hold in captivity, hold in leash, hold in subjection, homager, humanities, humble, hyphenate, hyphenated American, immediate constituent analysis, immigrant, impose, impose on, impose upon, in the shade, incident, indirect object, inferior, inflict on, inflict upon, informant, infra dig, inspection, interviewee, issue, junior, keep down, keep under, laboratory animal, lay, lay on, lay open, lead captive, leitmotiv, less, lesser, levels, levy, liberal arts, liege, liege man, liege subject, likely, line, living issue, local color, low, lower, lowly, lucubration, main point, major, make dependent, maker, material, matter, matter in hand, meat, medium, mental labor, metic, minor, modest, modifier, mood, motif, motive, movement, mover, mythos, national, naturalized citizen, nonnative citizen, object, obnoxious, odalisque, open, open to, operant, operative, operator, ordinary, participant, patient, peon, peonize, performer, peripeteia, perpetrator, perusal, phrase, phrase structure, place, plan, plot, point, point at issue, point in question, practice, practitioner, predicate, prime mover, problem, producer, prone, prone to, proseminar, put, put down, put on, put through, put upon, quadrivium, qualifier, question, questionee, quizzee, ranks, rationale, reading, reason, recognition, referred to, refresher course, responsible for, restudy, restudying, review, rising action, rubric, saddle with, scheme, scientific education, second rank, second string, secondary, secondary plot, seminar, sensitive, serf, servant, servile, set, shallow structure, slant, slave, slavish, slot, slot and filler, source, specialty, story, strata, structure, study, studying, sub, subaltern, subdiscipline, subdue, subject matter, subject of thought, subject to, subjugate, submit, subordinate, subplot, subservient, substance, surface structure, susceptible, switch, swotting, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, syntax, tagmeme, take captive, task, tax, taxpayer, technical education, testee, text, thematic development, theme, theow, thesis, third rank, third string, thrall, tone, topic, tributary, trivium, twist, uncover, under, underlying structure, underprivileged, vassal, vassalize, villein, voter, vulgar, weight down with, wide reading, witness, word arrangement, word order, worker, yoke with

Etymology
< subget: <  suget: <  subiectus:, as a noun, subiectus:, subiectum:, past participle of subicio: < sub: + iacio:.

Noun

 * Arabic: (fāˁil)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 主语
 * Croatian:, podmet
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: subyek
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, しゅご
 * Korean:


 * Macedonian: подмет
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: subiect
 * Russian: подлежащее, субъект
 * Scottish Gaelic: cùisear
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: субјект, подмет
 * Roman: subjekt, podmet
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: కర్త
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: subyet


 * Arabic:
 * Chinese: 主題 (zhǔtí)
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, προκείμενο
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic:, umræðuefni, umtalsefni, viðfangsefni, yrkisefni
 * Interlingua: thema
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, しゅだい
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:, باره‌


 * Macedonian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: temă, subiect
 * Romansch: tema
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: предмет
 * Roman: predmet
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: విషయము (vishayamu)
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: yegäd


 * Arabic: (dáura)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ala, aihealue, aine
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: αντικείμενο
 * Icelandic:, námsgrein,
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 学科 (がっか, gakka), 科目 (かもく, kamokú)
 * Korean: 헉과 (hakgwa), 과목 (gwamok)


 * Kurdish: بابه‌ت
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: materie, disciplină
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: предмет
 * Roman: predmet
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: పాఠ్యాంశము (paathyaamshamu)
 * Turkish:, ,


 * Arabic:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: borger
 * Dutch: onderdaan, onderdane
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:, υπεξούσιος
 * Hebrew: נתין
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian:
 * Korean: 신하,
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: poddany, poddana
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Urdu: ﺭﻋﺎﻳﺎ
 * Volapük: reigäb


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Italian: ,
 * Volapük: reigäb


 * : subyek (1,2), topik / inti (2), mata pelajaran / mata kuliah (3)

Verb

 * Danish: udsætte for
 * Dutch: onderwerpen (aan)
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: soumettre (à)
 * German: unterwerfen (haben)
 * Greek: υποβάλλω


 * Icelandic: ná valdi yfir
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: подложува, изложува
 * Spanish: someter
 * Swahili: