subordinates

NOUN

person that serves another

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aide assistant deputy servant underling

STRONG

attendant dependent flunky gofer helper inferior junior peon scrub second serf slave subaltern

WEAK

poor relation second fiddle second string third string

Antonyms

WEAK

boss chief leader major manager master superior

Example Sentences

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Subjunctives also turn up with certain prepositions and subordinators that specify hypothetical situations: Bridget was racked with anxiety lest her plagiarism become known.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

It turns out that coordinators and subordinators have nothing in common, and there is no category called “conjunction” that includes them both.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker