1. (noun)subject, topic, theme the subject matter of a conversation or discussion Synonyms: national, paper, content, topic, radical, composition, subject, issue, motif, discipline, base, case, subject area, musical theme, matter, theme, root word, depicted object, study, stem, guinea pig, report, melodic theme, idea, subject field, root, field, field of study, bailiwick Antonyms: unsusceptible, insusceptible, unaffected, insubordinate
2. (noun)subject, content, depicted object something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation Synonyms: national, content, topic, mental object, issue, subject matter, discipline, case, subject area, matter, substance, theme, depicted object, study, guinea pig, contentedness, subject field, message, capacity, cognitive content, field, field of study, bailiwick, subject Antonyms: insusceptible, unsusceptible, unaffected, insubordinate
3. (noun)discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick a branch of knowledge Synonyms: topic, sphere, field of study, case, champaign, written report, guinea pig, battlefield, theme, theater, subject area, survey, report, study, playing area, area, force field, subject, theater of operations, flying field, theatre of operations, field of honor, bailiwick, sketch, field of view, depicted object, theatre, battleground, subject field, airfield, playing field, national, field of force, athletic field, field of operation, discipline, landing field, field of operations, domain, correction, line of business, issue, arena, field, cogitation, field of battle, orbit, matter, work, content, plain Antonyms: insusceptible, unaffected, unsusceptible, insubordinate
4. (noun)topic, subject, issue, matter some situation or event that is thought about Synonyms: topic, effect, progeny, matter, field of study, issuing, case, government issue, issuance, takings, theme, consequence, take, thing, subject area, result, study, event, upshot, return, subject, bailiwick, offspring, military issue, depicted object, egress, outlet, subject field, exit, national, discipline, number, yield, emergence, outcome, way out, affair, issue, payoff, field, proceeds, publication, content, guinea pig Antonyms: insusceptible, insubordinate, unsusceptible, unaffected
5. (noun)subject (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated Synonyms: subject area, theme, guinea pig, subject field, case, topic, depicted object, study, national, field, matter, discipline, issue, field of study, content, bailiwick Antonyms: unaffected, insubordinate, unsusceptible, insusceptible
6. (noun)subject, case, guinea pig a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation Synonyms: topic, type, font, instance, field of study, pillow slip, case, eccentric, pillowcase, guinea pig, fount, casing, subject area, character, study, event, subject, theme, bailiwick, cause, depicted object, shell, causa, subject field, slip, compositor's case, caseful, grammatical case, discipline, example, face, showcase, vitrine, national, issue, display case, field, sheath, typeface, typesetter's case, matter, lawsuit, content, suit Antonyms: insubordinate, unaffected, unsusceptible, insusceptible
7. (noun)national, subject a person who owes allegiance to that nation Synonyms: theme, content, topic, subject, issue, national, discipline, case, subject area, matter, depicted object, study, guinea pig, subject field, field, field of study, bailiwick Antonyms: unaffected, unsusceptible, insusceptible, insubordinate
8. (adj)subject (logic) the first term of a proposition Synonyms: subject area, theme, guinea pig, subject field, case, topic, depicted object, study, national, field, matter, discipline, issue, field of study, content, bailiwick Antonyms: insusceptible, unsusceptible, unaffected, insubordinate
10. (adj)subject, dependent being under the power or sovereignty of another or others Synonyms: pendent, dependent, drug-addicted, dependant, subordinate, qualified, strung-out, subject, open, pendant, hooked, capable Antonyms: unaffected, insubordinate, insusceptible, unsusceptible
11. (verb)subject likely to be affected by something Synonyms: capable, open, dependent Antonyms: insubordinate, unaffected, unsusceptible, insusceptible
12. (verb)subject cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to Synonyms: subjugate, submit Antonyms: insubordinate, unaffected, insusceptible, unsusceptible
13. (verb)subject make accountable for Synonyms: subjugate, submit Antonyms: insubordinate, insusceptible, unsusceptible, unaffected
14. (verb)subjugate, subject make subservient; force to submit or subdue Synonyms: subdue, subjugate, submit, keep down, repress, subject, reduce, quash Antonyms: unaffected, insusceptible, insubordinate, unsusceptible
15. (verb)submit, subject refer for judgment or consideration Synonyms: defer, bow, state, relegate, accede, subjugate, subject, put in, put forward, posit, resign, pass on, present, take, reconcile, give in, render, submit Antonyms: unaffected, insusceptible, unsusceptible, insubordinate
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'subject'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. subject To defeat an enemy is to gain an advantage for the time; to vanquish is to win a signal victory; to conquer is to overcome so effectually that the victory is regarded as final. Conquer, in Synonyms: conquer, beat, humble, overthrow, subject, checkmate, master, prevail over, subjugate, crush, overcome, put down, surmount, defeat, overmaster, reduce, vanquish, discomfit, overmatch, rout, win, down, overpower, subdue, worst Antonyms: capitulate, fail, fly, lose, retire, submit, surrender, cede, fall, forfeit, resign, retreat, succumb, yield