subjects [n., adj. suhb-jikt; v. suhb-jekt]
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subject [n., adj. suhb-jikt; v. suhb-jekt]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: issue, matter
Synonyms: affair, argument, business, case, chapter, class, core, course, discussion, field of reference, gist, head, idea, item, material, matter at hand, meat*, motif, motion, motive, object, point, principal object, problem, proposal, question, resolution, study, subject matter, substance, text, theme, theorem, thesis, thought, topic
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Main Entry: subject
Part of Speech: adjective, noun
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Adjectives:
subject, a slave to, anaclitic, at one's beck and call, at the feet of, at the mercy of, chicken-pecked, constrained, dependent, downtrodden, enslaved, feudal, feudatory, henpecked, in harness, in leading strings, in subjection to, in the clutches of, in the hands of, in the power of, led by the nose, liable, liberticidal, mancipate, on the hip, overborne, overwhelmed, parasitical, prochnial, procrustean, stipendiary, subordinate, sycophantic, the plaything of, the puppet of, the sport of, under control, under one's command, under one's orders, under one's thumb, under the lash, uxorious
Main Entry: affair
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity
Synonyms: assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, office function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking
Main Entry: business
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: personal concern
Synonyms: affair, assignment, beeswax, carrying on, duty, function, goings-on, hanky-panky, happening, interest, issue, lookout, matter, palaver, point, problem, question, responsibility, subject, task, topic
Notes: the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry
Main Entry: butt
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: object of joking
Synonyms: chump, clay pigeon, derision, dupe*, easy mark, fall guy, fool, goat, jestee, joke, laughingstock, mark, patsy, pigeon, sap, setup, sitting duck, softie, subject, sucker, target, turkey, victim
Main Entry: citizen
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person native of country
Synonyms: John/Jane Q. Public, aborigine, burgess, burgher, civilian, commoner, cosmopolite, denizen, dweller, freeman/woman, householder, inhabitant, member of body politic, member of community, national, native, naturalized person, occupant, resident, settler, subject, taxpayer, townsperson, urbanite, villager, voter
Antonyms: alien, foreigner, immigrant
Main Entry: civilian
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nonmilitary person
Synonyms: citizen, civ, civvie, commoner, noncombatant, private citizen, subject
Main Entry: class
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: group in school
Synonyms: academy, colloquium, course, course of study, division, form, grade, homeroom, lecture group, line, quiz group, recitation, room, round table, section, seminar, seminary, session, study, study group, subdivision, subject
Main Entry: content
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: essence, meaning
Synonyms: burden, composition, constitution, gist, idea, matter, significance, subject, subject matter, substance, text, thought
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