subject
noun
• a person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.
• "I've said all there is to be said on the subject"
Similar:
theme,
subject matter,
topic,
issue,
question,
concern,
text,
thesis,
content,
point,
motif,
thread,
substance,
essence,
gist,
matter,
• a branch of knowledge studied or taught in a school, college, or university.
• "maths is not my best subject"
Similar:
branch of knowledge,
branch of study,
course of study,
course,
discipline,
field,
area,
specialism,
speciality,
specialty,
• a member of a state other than its ruler, especially one owing allegiance to a monarch or other supreme ruler.
• "the legislation is applicable only to British subjects"
Similar:
citizen,
national,
native,
resident,
inhabitant,
taxpayer,
voter,
liege,
liegeman,
vassal,
subordinate,
underling,
henchman,
retainer,
follower,
• a noun or noun phrase functioning as one of the main components of a clause, being the element about which the rest of the clause is predicated.
• a thinking or feeling entity; the conscious mind; the ego, especially as opposed to anything external to the mind.
subject
adjective
• likely or prone to be affected by (a particular condition or occurrence, typically an unwelcome or unpleasant one).
• "he was subject to bouts of manic depression"
Similar:
susceptible to,
liable to,
prone to,
vulnerable to,
predisposed to,
disposed to,
apt/likely to suffer from,
easily affected by,
in danger of,
at risk of,
open to,
wide open to,
susceptive of,
• dependent or conditional upon.
• "the proposed merger is subject to the approval of the shareholders"
Similar:
conditional on,
contingent on,
dependent on,
depending on,
controlled by,
hingeing on,
resting on,
hanging on,
• under the authority of.
• "ministers are subject to the laws of the land"
Similar:
bound by,
constrained by,
answerable to,
accountable to,
liable to,
under the control of,
at the mercy of,
subject
adverb
• conditionally upon.
• "subject to the EC's agreement, we intend to set up an enterprise zone in the area"
subject
verb
• cause or force someone or something to undergo (a particular experience or form of treatment, typically an unwelcome or unpleasant one).
• "he'd subjected her to a terrifying ordeal"
Similar:
put through,
treat with,
expose to,
lay open to,
submit to,
• bring (a person or country) under one's control or jurisdiction, typically by using force.
• "the city had been subjected to Macedonian rule"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘(person) owing obedience’): from Old French suget, from Latin subjectus ‘brought under’, past participle of subicere, from sub- ‘under’ + jacere ‘throw’. Senses relating to philosophy, logic, and grammar are derived ultimately from Aristotle's use of to hupokeimenon meaning ‘material from which things are made’ and ‘subject of attributes and predicates’.
