Synonyms for subject
- noun
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Topic — the main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc
topic, matter, question, issue, point, text, thesis, item, affair, purpose dated, argument dated
2. Field
3. Case
Other
theme, subject-matter, action, content, national, citizen, denizen, testee informal rare, evaluatee rare
Adjective
2. Dependent
dependent US, dependant UK, subordinate, vassal, subservient, inferior, tributary
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- n. 2
The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
In the active sentence ‘The cat ate the mouse’, ‘the cat’ is the subject and ‘the mouse’ is the object.
- adj. 1
Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
He's subject to sneezing fits.
- adj. 2
Conditional upon something; used with to.
The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- subjects → topics, matters, questions, issues…
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Subject refers to any actual state or condition belonging to the nature or circumstances of the person or thing spoken of, or to that which often befalls one. One whose father was subject to attacks of the gout is himself liable to have that disease.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- matter You have no business complaining about the matter.
- question To my surprise, she could not answer the question.
- item The ordered item will be delivered to you by mail.
- topic Politics was the main topic of their conversation.
By length
- 4 letters
- case1, open2, text1, item2
- 5 letters
- point1, study2, issue2, field1, theme1, topic2, prone1
- 6 letters
- matter2, action2, affair2, thesis2, liable3, vassal2, testee
- 7 letters
- content2, purpose2, capable3, exposed2, citizen3, denizen3
- 8 letters
- national3, question2, argument3, inferior4, amenable4
- 9 letters
- dependent3, obnoxious3, tributary4, dependant, bailiwick3, evaluatee
- 10 letters
- discipline3
- 11 letters
- susceptible4, subordinate4, subservient4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (open2 = 2 syllables).