subject

modif.

1. Under rule

   governed, ruled, controlled, directed, obedient, submissive, subaltern, servile, slavish, subservient, subjected, at one's feet, at the mercy of.

2. Dependent

   liable to, contingent on, subject to, dependent on, open to, accountable to, answerable to; see also subordinate.

subject

n.

1. Matter for discussion

   substance, matter, theme, material, topic, thesis, text, question, problem, theorem, motion, resolution, point, case, gist, matter in hand, subject for inquiry, item on the agenda, topic under consideration, field of inquiry, head, chapter, proposition, argument, thought, discussion.

2. A title

   head, caption, legend; see name 1, title 1.

3. One owing allegiance

   citizen, national, vassal; see citizen. See syn. study at citizen.

subject is the general word for whatever is dealt with in discussion, study, writing, art, etc. math is her favorite subject, her son is a frequent subject in her paintings; a theme is a subject developed or elaborated upon in a literary or artistic work, or one that constitutes the underlying motif of the work a novel with a social theme; a topic is a subject of common interest selected for individual treatment, as in an essay, or for discussion by a group of persons baseball is their favorite topic of conversation; text is specifically applied to a Biblical passage chosen as the subject of a sermon

subject

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