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Subordinate

//səˈbɔːdɪnət//

Synonyms for "subordinate" (147 found)

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Informal (20)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, adv, det, name, noun, pron, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(4 words)

sort size satellite sieve

Noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, prep, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(2 words)

follower flunky

Verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(1 words)

General use (127)

Adj, name, noun, verb(3 words)

common minor junior

Adj, noun, verb(7 words)

separate subject lightweight indirect dominate subjugate vassal

Adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun, verb(6 words)

screen riddle slave sift cog lackey

Noun, verb(9 words)

divide group grade lour overwhelm stooge servant pawn masses

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun(22 words)

secondary inferior collateral attendant accessory vulgar dependent incidental auxiliary servile minion subaltern assistant adjuvant second string subsidiary underprivileged third string tributary contributory

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supplementary feudatory

Noun(29 words)

creature subsidiary peon aide serf yes man retainer employee hoi polloi commonalty hanger-on yes-man hanger on underling hireling commonality client lower class foot soldier second fiddle

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understrapper flunkey lower orders hyponym homager right-hand man poor relation staffer subordinate word

Adjective(4 words)

modest amenable subservient feudal

Verb(16 words)

subdue classify keep down enslave enthrall hold down categorize collate assort keep under gradate disenfranchise take captive disfranchise vassalize peonize

Adjective(2 words)

dependent low-level

Adj, adv, conj, det, noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Name, noun(2 words)

yeoman myrmidon

Adv, name, prep(1 words)

Adj, adv(1 words)

Adj, name, noun(2 words)

Adj, verb(2 words)

disadvantaged demeaning

Adv, prep(2 words)

beneath next to

hold in leash liege man in the shade second rank third rank right hand man third stringer hold captive hold in captivity deprive of freedom hold in bondage hold in subjection lead captive make dependent subordinate to

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