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synonyms for subalternate

  • accessory
  • adjuvant
  • auxiliary
  • collateral
  • dependent
  • inferior
  • junior
  • low
  • lower
  • minor
  • satellite
  • secondary
  • sub
  • subaltern
  • subject
  • subnormal
  • subsidiary
  • tributary
  • ancillary
  • baser
  • below par
  • contributory
  • insignificant
  • paltry
  • second-fiddle
  • second-string
  • smaller
  • submissive
  • subservient
  • substract
  • under
  • underaverage
  • unequal

antonyms for subalternate

MOST RELEVANT
  • chief
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • important
  • main
  • primary
  • source
  • strong
  • superior
  • major
  • necessary
  • vital
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How to use subalternate in a sentence

Shrubs or trees with opposite, rarely subalternate, simple, deciduous leaves.
TREES OF THE NORTHERN UNITED STATESAUSTIN C. APGAR
One of the hens was his favourite, the others filled subalternate parts.
A LITERARY HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLEJEAN JULES JUSSERAND
Branches irregular, divaricate nearly at rightangles, subalternate.
NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. RATTLESNAKE, COMMANDED BY THE LATE CAPTAIN OWEN STANLEY, R.N., F.R.S. ETC. DURING THE YEARS 1846-1850. INCLUDING DISCOVERIES AND SURVEYS IN NEW GUINEA, THE LOUISIADE ARCHIPELAGO, ETC. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE ACCOUNT OF MR. E.B. KENNEDY'S EXPEDITION FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE CAPE YORK PENINSULA. BY JOHN MACGILLIVRAY, F.R.G.S. NATURALIST TO THE EXPEDITION. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOLUME 1.JOHN MACGILLIVRAY
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