Synonyms for subject
- accountable
- apt
- conditional
- dependent
- exposed
- inferior
- liable
- likely
- prone
- secondary
- sensitive
- susceptible
- vulnerable
- captive
- collateral
- contingent
- controlled
- directed
- disposed
- enslaved
- governed
- open
- ruled
- satellite
- sub
- subaltern
- subjugated
- subordinate
- tributary
- at one's feet
- bound by
- in danger of
- obedient
- provisional
- servile
- slavish
- submissive
- subservient
- substract
- tentative
- under
Antonyms for subject
- first-class
- first-rate
- guarded
- inapt
- independent
- irresponsible
- protected
- safe
- superior
- unaccountable
- unlikely
- unsusceptible
- certain
- chief
- definite
- free
- primary
- sure
- master
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR SUBJECT
But there is one subject, on which my mind is filled with foreboding.
Mrs. Davis saw that there was no use in pursuing the subject, and it dropped.
He was not timid, however, and resolved to broach the subject.
What he had to say therefore on the subject would not detain them long.
At all events, this was a subject upon which I received no enlightening from their confidant.
Had I been subject only to his examination, my ordeal would not have been severe.
Connected with this subject is the character of the currency.
"Come to me to-morrow, Caleb," continued my friend, changing the subject.
The supremacy of the nation and its laws should be no longer a subject of debate.
He was prepared to talk all night on the subject of Toddles.
WORD ORIGIN
early 14c., "person under control or dominion of another," from Old French suget, subget "a subject person or thing" (12c.), from Latin subiectus, noun use of past participle of subicere "to place under," from sub "under" (see sub-) + combining form of iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). In 14c., sugges, sogetis, subgit, sugette; form re-Latinized in English 16c.
Meaning "person or thing that may be acted upon" is recorded from 1590s. Meaning "subject matter of an art or science" is attested from 1540s, probably short for subject matter (late 14c.), which is from Medieval Latin subjecta materia, a loan translation of Greek hypokeimene hyle (Aristotle), literally "that which lies beneath." Likewise some specific uses in logic and philosophy are borrowed directly from Latin subjectum "foundation or subject of a proposition," a loan-translation of Aristotle's to hypokeimenon. Grammatical sense is recorded from 1630s. The adjective is attested from early 14c.