Subject

Quick meaning: Subject is an adjective meaning Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.

Meaning

Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.

More Meanings

1. Conditional upon something; used with to.
2. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
3. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
4. By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
5. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
6. A particular area of study.
7. (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.

Example Sentences

He's subject to sneezing fits.

a country subject to extreme heat

All human things are subject to decay.

Long he them bore above the subject plain

Word Forms

• subjects
• subjecting
• subjected

Synonyms for subject

Depending on context, synonyms include matter, topic, underbring, content, subordinate, case.

Antonyms for subject

Common opposites include object, predicate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include content, case, discipline, dependent, subjugate, subordinate.

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