Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adjective

The word "subject" can be used as noun, verb, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Causes

experience

Coordinate Terms

; agent patient rheme theme

Derived Terms

between-subjects change the subject drop the subject dummy subject echo subject federal subject fee simple subject to condition subsequent fee simple subject to executory interest fee simple subject to executory limitation historical subject impersonal subject introductory subject minor subject null-subject language oblique subject postsubject preparatory subject presubject quirky subject short subject subject case subject clause subject complement subject heading subject indexing subject matter subject matter jurisdiction subject of labor subject pronoun subject title subject-control subject-matter subject-oriented subjective tool subject vested remainder subject to open within-subjects

Distinct From

predicate

Context

construed with to grammar logic math music philosophy

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor affect bear on bear upon cognitive content constituent content doer domain dominate grammatical constituent impact knowledge base knowledge domain master mental object message subject matter submit substance term thing touch touch on worker

Type Of (IsA)

constituent message person term thing

Manner Of

affect submit

Part Of

scene sentence

Related Terms

object predicate

Related Terms

actor affected analyse art being card card catalog catalog citizen class clause consciousness discussion examine experience field of study fugue investigation investigation topic melody monarchy noun phrase object part predicate school school topic sentence sentence part subjective theme topic treat

Similar Terms

affected affected subordinate susceptible

Synonym Network

capable dependent discipline matter national subjugate topic underbring

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.