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subject

/səbdʒˈɛkt/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

  1. the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
    “he didn't want to discuss that subject”
  2. something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
    “a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject”
  3. a branch of knowledge
    “in what discipline is his doctorate?”
  4. some situation or event that is thought about
    “he kept drifting off the topic”
  5. (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
  6. a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
    “the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly”
  7. a person who owes allegiance to that nation
    “a monarch has a duty to his subjects”
  8. (logic) the first term of a proposition

verb

  1. cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
    “He subjected me to his awful poetry”
  2. make accountable for
    “He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors”
  3. make subservient; force to submit or subdue

adjective

  1. possibly accepting or permitting
    “a passage capable of misinterpretation”
  2. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
    “subject peoples”
  3. likely to be affected by something
    “the bond is subject to taxation”

Synonyms for subject

Words that rhyme with subject

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