All subordinate synonyms
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S s noun subordinate
- co-conspirator β a fellow conspirator; associate or collaborator in a conspiracy.
- backscratcher β an implement with a long handle, used for scratching one's back
- deputy β A deputy is the second most important person in an organization such as a business or government department. Someone's deputy often acts on their behalf when they are not there.
- helot β a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state. Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- adjunct β Something that is an adjunct to something larger or more important is connected with it or helps to perform the same task.
- yeoman β a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.
- flunkey β flunky.
- henchman β an unscrupulous and ruthless subordinate, especially a criminal: The leader of the gang went everywhere accompanied by his henchmen.
- freeholder β the owner of a freehold.
- lackey β A servant, esp. a liveried footman or manservant.
- minion β a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- helper β a person or thing that helps or gives assistance, support, etc.
- dogcatcher β a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- bondman β a feudal serf
- esne β (Anglo-Saxon, historical) A hireling of servile status; slave.
- bondmen β a male slave.
- fawner β One who fawns; a sycophant.
- liegeman β a vassal; subject.
- coconspirator β a fellow conspirator
- councilor β A councilor is a member of a local council.
- accessory β Accessories are items of equipment that are not usually essential, but which can be used with or added to something else in order to make it more efficient, useful, or decorative.
- lieutenant β Military. first lieutenant. second lieutenant.
prep subordinate
adjective subordinate
- associate β If you associate someone or something with another thing, the two are connected in your mind.
- junior β younger (designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr. following the name): May I speak with the junior Mr. Hansen? Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Jr. Compare senior (def 1).
- outranked β Simple past tense and past participle of outrank.
- derivative β A derivative is something which has been developed or obtained from something else.
- obsequious β characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- clerkish β Like or resembling a clerk.
- lower β to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
adj subordinate
- bracketed β a support, as of metal or wood, projecting from a wall or the like to hold or bear the weight of a shelf, part of a cornice, etc.
- compliable β compliant
- adjunctive β that constitutes an adjunct
- busher β a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
- ancillary β The ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution.
- confirmatory β confirming or tending to confirm
- incidental β happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else.
- less β not at all (used before a verb): He little knows what awaits him.
- appurtenant β relating, belonging, or accessory
- inferior β lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- lowborn β of humble birth.
- lowly β humble in station, condition, or nature: a lowly cottage.
- lesser β small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- back seat β a seat at the back, esp of a vehicle
- co-ordinate β If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- adjuvant β aiding or assisting
- clerical β Clerical jobs, skills, and workers are concerned with work that is done in an office.
- derivate β derived