1. A word that is used as a pattern to decode an encrypted message 
2. A significant word used in indexing or cataloguing

Derived forms: key words

Type of: key, word

Part of: index

Encyclopedia: Key word

• subsection
• subsequence
• subsequent
• subsequently
• subsequentness
• subserve
• subservience
• subservient
• subserviently
• subservientness
• subset
• subshrub
• subside
• subsidence
• subsidiarily
• subsidiarity
• subsidiary
• subsidiary company
• subsidiary ledger
• subsiding
• subsidisation
• subsidise
• subsidised
• subsidiser
• subsidization