| subordinate | (noun) a word that is more specific than a given word | Synonyms: hyponym, subordinate word |
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| (noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | Synonyms: foot soldier, subsidiary, underling |
| subordinateness | (noun) secondary importance | Synonyms: subsidiarity |
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| subordination | (noun) the act of mastering or subordinating someone | Synonyms: mastery |
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| (noun) the quality of obedient submissiveness | - |
| (noun) the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head | - |
| (noun) the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class | Synonyms: hyponymy |
| (noun) the state of being subordinate to something | - |
| subornation | (noun) underhandedly or improperly inducing someone to do something improper or unlawful | - |
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| (noun) perjured testimony that someone was persuaded to give | - |
| suborner | (noun) someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act | Synonyms: briber |
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| subpart | (noun) a part of a part | - |
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| subphylum | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group ranking between a phylum and a class | - |
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| subpoena | (noun) a writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding; disobedience may be punishable as a contempt of court | Synonyms: subpoena ad testificandum |
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| subpoint | (noun) A point (proposition in a debate etc.) that forms part of a larger point. | - |
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| subpopulation | (noun) a population that is part of a larger population | - |
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| subprogram | (noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program | Synonyms: function, procedure, routine, subroutine |
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| subrogation | (noun) (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another | - |
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| subroutine | (noun) a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program | Synonyms: function, procedure, routine, subprogram |
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| subscriber | (noun) someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money | Synonyms: contributor |
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| (noun) someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication | Synonyms: reader |
| (noun) someone who expresses strong approval | Synonyms: endorser, indorser, ratifier |
| subscript | (noun) a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character | Synonyms: inferior |
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| subscription | (noun) a pledged contribution | - |
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| (noun) the act of signing your name; writing your signature (as on a document) | - |
| (noun) agreement expressed by (or as if expressed by) signing your name | - |
| (noun) a payment for consecutive issues of a newspaper or magazine for a given period of time | - |
| subsection | (noun) a section of a section; a part of a part; i.e., a part of something already divided | Synonyms: subdivision |
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| subsequence | (noun) following in time | Synonyms: posteriority, subsequentness |
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| (noun) something that follows something else | Synonyms: sequel |
| subsequentness | (noun) following in time | Synonyms: posteriority, subsequence |
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| subservience | (noun) abject or cringing submissiveness | Synonyms: obsequiousness, servility |
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| (noun) the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan | - |
| (noun) in a subservient state | Synonyms: subservientness |
| subservientness | (noun) in a subservient state | Synonyms: subservience |
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| subset | (noun) a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set | - |
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| subshrub | (noun) low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base | Synonyms: suffrutex |
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| subsidence | (noun) a gradual sinking to a lower level | Synonyms: settling, subsiding |
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| (noun) the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it | Synonyms: cave in |
| (noun) an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) | Synonyms: remission, remittal |
| subsidiarity | (noun) secondary importance | Synonyms: subordinateness |
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| subsidiary | (noun) a company that is completely controlled by another company | Synonyms: subsidiary company |
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| (noun) an assistant subject to the authority or control of another | Synonyms: foot soldier, subordinate, underling |
| subsiding | (noun) a gradual sinking to a lower level | Synonyms: settling, subsidence |
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| subsidisation | (noun) the act of providing a subsidy | Synonyms: grant, subsidization |
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| (noun) money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidization |
| subsidiser | (noun) someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidizer |
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| subsidization | (noun) the act of providing a subsidy | Synonyms: grant, subsidisation |
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| (noun) money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidisation |
| subsidizer | (noun) someone who assists or supports by giving a subsidy | Synonyms: subsidiser |
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| subsidy | (noun) a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public | - |
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| subsistence | (noun) minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting | - |
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| (noun) the state of existing in reality; having substance | - |
| (noun) a means of surviving | - |
| subsister | (noun) one who lives through affliction | Synonyms: survivor |
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| subsoil | (noun) the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock | Synonyms: undersoil |
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| subspace | (noun) a space that is contained within another space | - |
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| subspecies | (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species | Synonyms: race |
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| substance | (noun) the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists | - |
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| (noun) a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties | - |
| (noun) the property of holding together and retaining its shape | Synonyms: body, consistence, consistency |
| (noun) the idea that is intended | Synonyms: meaning |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, sum |
| (noun) content communicating a message; what something is about | Synonyms: content, message, subject matter |
| (noun) considerable capital (wealth or income) | Synonyms: means |
| (noun) material of a particular kind or constitution | - |
| substantiality | (noun) the quality of being substantial or having substance | Synonyms: solidness, substantialness |
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| substantialness | (noun) the quality of being substantial or having substance | Synonyms: solidness, substantiality |
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| substantiation | (noun) the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something | Synonyms: proof, validation |
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| (noun) additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct | Synonyms: check, confirmation, verification |
| substantive | (noun) any word or group of words functioning as a noun | - |
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| substation | (noun) a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network | - |
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| substitutability | (noun) exchangeability by virtue of being replaceable | Synonyms: commutability, replaceability |
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| substitute | (noun) a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another | Synonyms: replacement |
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| (noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in |
| (noun) an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced | Synonyms: reserve, second-stringer |
| substituting | (noun) working as a substitute for someone who is ill or on leave of absence | Synonyms: subbing |
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| substitution | (noun) the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: | Synonyms: commutation, exchange |
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| (noun) an event in which one thing is substituted for another | Synonyms: permutation, replacement, switch, transposition |
| substrate | (noun) an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population | Synonyms: substratum |
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| (noun) any stratum or layer lying underneath another | Synonyms: substratum |
| (noun) a surface on which an organism grows or is attached | Synonyms: substratum |
| (noun) the substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment | - |
| substratum | (noun) an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population | Synonyms: substrate |
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| (noun) any stratum or layer lying underneath another | Synonyms: substrate |
| (noun) a surface on which an organism grows or is attached | Synonyms: substrate |
| substring | (noun) a string that is part of a longer string | - |
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| substructure | (noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: base, foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, understructure |
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| (noun) the basic structure or features of a system or organization | Synonyms: infrastructure |
| subsumption | (noun) incorporating something under a more general category | - |
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| (noun) the premise of a syllogism that contains the minor term (which is the subject of the conclusion) | Synonyms: minor premise, minor premiss |
| subsystem | (noun) a system that is part of some larger system | - |
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| subterfuge | (noun) something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity | Synonyms: blind |
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| subthalamus | (noun) the ventral part of the thalamus | - |
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| subtilin | (noun) a polypeptide antibiotic (similar to bacitracin) obtained from a soil bacterium | - |
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| subtitle | (noun) secondary or explanatory title | - |
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| (noun) translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen | Synonyms: caption |
| subtlety | (noun) the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze | Synonyms: niceness |
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| (noun) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude | Synonyms: nicety, nuance, refinement, shade |
| subtonic | (noun) (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale | Synonyms: leading tone |
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| subtopia | (noun) monotonous urban sprawl of standardized buildings | - |
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| subtotal | (noun) the sum of part of a group of numbers | - |
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| subtracter | (noun) a machine that subtracts numbers | - |
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| (noun) a person who subtracts numbers | - |
| subtraction | (noun) the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole) | Synonyms: deduction |
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| (noun) an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated | Synonyms: minus |
| subtractor | (noun) An electronic logic circuit for calculating the difference between two binary numbers. | - |
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| subtrahend | (noun) the number to be subtracted from the minuend | - |
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| subtreasury | (noun) a subordinate treasury or place of deposit | - |
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| subtropics | (noun) regions adjacent to the tropics | Synonyms: semitropics |
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| subtweeting | (noun) the act of tweeting without tagging a user so that they will not see the post | - |
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| subunit | (noun) a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit | Synonyms: fractional monetary unit |
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| suburb | (noun) a residential district located on the outskirts of a city | Synonyms: suburban area, suburbia |
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| suburbanite | (noun) a resident of a suburb | - |
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| suburbia | (noun) suburbanites considered as a cultural class or subculture | - |
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| (noun) a residential district located on the outskirts of a city | Synonyms: suburb, suburban area |
| subvention | (noun) the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort | - |
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| (noun) grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution | - |
| subversion | (noun) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity | Synonyms: corruption |
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| (noun) the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government | Synonyms: subversive activity |
| subversive | (noun) a radical supporter of political or social revolution | Synonyms: revolutionary, revolutionist, subverter |
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| subversiveness | (noun) disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior | Synonyms: traitorousness, treason |
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| subverter | (noun) a radical supporter of political or social revolution | Synonyms: revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive |
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| subvocaliser | (noun) someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds | Synonyms: subvocalizer |
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| subvocalizer | (noun) someone who articulates speech without uttering sounds | Synonyms: subvocaliser |
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| subway | (noun) an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | Synonyms: metro, subway system, tube, underground |
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| (noun) an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway | Synonyms: underpass |
| subwoofer | (noun) a loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies | - |
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| succade | (noun) fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals | Synonyms: candied fruit, crystallized fruit |
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| succedaneum | (noun) (medicine) something that can be used as a substitute (especially any medicine that may be taken in place of another) | - |
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| succeeder | (noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: achiever, success, winner |
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| success | (noun) an attainment that is successful | - |
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| (noun) an event that accomplishes its intended purpose | - |
| (noun) a person with a record of successes | Synonyms: achiever, succeeder, winner |
| (noun) a state of prosperity or fame | - |
| successfulness | (noun) the condition of prospering; having good fortune | Synonyms: prosperity |
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| succession | (noun) the action of following in order | Synonyms: sequence |
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| (noun) acquisition of property by descent or by will | Synonyms: taking over |
| (noun) a following of one thing after another in time | Synonyms: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, successiveness |
| (noun) a group of people or things arranged or following in order | - |
| (noun) (ecology) the gradual and orderly process of change in an ecosystem brought about by the progressive replacement of one community by another until a stable climax is established | Synonyms: ecological succession |
| successiveness | (noun) a following of one thing after another in time | Synonyms: chronological sequence, chronological succession, sequence, succession |
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| successor | (noun) a thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone | - |
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| (noun) a person who inherits some title or office | Synonyms: heir |
| (noun) a person who follows next in order | Synonyms: replacement |
| succinctness | (noun) terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words | Synonyms: conciseness, concision, pithiness |
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| succinylcholine | (noun) a muscle relaxant for striated muscle that is used as an adjunct to anesthesia during certain surgical procedures | - |
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| succor | (noun) assistance in time of difficulty | Synonyms: ministration, relief, succour |
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| succorer | (noun) someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty | Synonyms: succourer |
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| succory | (noun) perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads | Synonyms: chicory, chicory plant, Cichorium intybus |
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| succotash | (noun) fresh corn and lima beans with butter or cream | - |
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| succour | (noun) assistance in time of difficulty | Synonyms: ministration, relief, succor |
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| succourer | (noun) someone who gives help in times of need or distress or difficulty | Synonyms: succorer |
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| succuba | (noun) a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men | Synonyms: succubus |
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| succubus | (noun) a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men | Synonyms: succuba |
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| succulence | (noun) a juicy appetizingness | Synonyms: juiciness, succulency |
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