subject

sub-ject · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (noun) A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.

  2. 2.

    (noun) A branch of knowledge studied in school.

  3. 3.

    (noun, grammar) The word or phrase in a sentence that performs the action of the verb.

  4. 4.

    (noun) A citizen or member of a state under a monarch.

  5. 5.

    (verb) To cause to undergo or experience.

  6. 6.

    (adjective) Likely or prone to.

Forms

plural: subjects

Related words

Antonyms: ruler, sovereign
See also: object, theme, topic
Synonyms: citizen, matter, theme, topic

Etymology

From Latin subiectus ("lying beneath, subjected"), past participle of subicere ("to throw under, subject"), from sub- ("under") + iacere ("to throw"). The sense evolved from "placed under" to "submitted to authority" to "topic discussed."