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sub-ordinate
adjective as in incidental
adjective as in inferior
adjective as in less
adjective as in lesser
adjective as in lower
adjective as in lowly
adjective as in minor
adjective as in obsequious
Weak matches
- abject
- beggarly
- brown-nosing
- complacent
- compliable
- compliant
- cringing
- crouching
- deferential
- enslaved
- fawning
- flattering
- ingratiating
- kowtowing
- menial
- obeisant
- oily
- parasitic
- parasitical
- prostrate
- respectful
- servile
- slavish
- sneaking
- sniveling
- spineless
- stipendiary
- subject
- submissive
- subordinate
- subservient
- sycophantic
- toadying
- unctuous
adjective as in parenthetical
adjective as in petty
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in auxiliary
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
adjective as in secondary
adjective as in side
adjective as in subject
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in subordinate
Strong matches
adjective as in subservient
adjective as in subsidiary
adjective as in tributary
adjective as in inconsiderable
Weak matches
- base
- casual
- cheap
- contemptible
- frivolous
- inconsequent
- inessential
- inferior
- irrelevant
- junior
- lesser
- light
- little
- lower
- measly
- minor
- narrow-minded
- negligible
- nickel-and-dime
- niggling
- nugatory
- of no account
- paltry
- peanut
- penny-ante
- pettifogging
- picayune
- piddling
- scratch
- secondary
- shabby
- shallow
- shoestring
- slight
- small
- small-minded
- subordinate
- trifling
- two-bit
- unimportant
adjective as in minor-league
adjective as in reliant
adjective as in clerical
adjective as in small-time
adjective as in supervenient
adjective as in supportive
adjective as in unwashed
adjective as in collateral
Strongest match
Strong matches
adjective as in dependent
adjective as in dependent
adjective as in derivative
adjective as in ancillary
adverb as in under
noun as in inferior
noun as in lackey
noun as in minion
noun as in assistant
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in auxiliary
noun as in subject
noun as in subordinate
noun as in accessory
noun as in subaltern
Strong matches
noun as in vassal
noun as in yeoman
noun as in lieutenant
Strong matches
noun as in reliever
Strongest match
Strong matches
noun as in succorer
Strong matches
noun as in adjunct
noun as in deputy
noun as in helper
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in henchman
Strong matches
preposition as in beneath
Strong match
verb as in overwhelm
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Conjunctions like when are called sub-ordinate conjunctions.
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On this page you'll find 1604 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sub-ordinate, such as: accidental, ancillary, casual, coincidental, random, and secondary.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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