Subject
nnoun.communicationthe subject matter of a conversation or discussionSynset:theme topic
Examples:- he didn't want to discuss that subject
- it was a very sensitive topic
- his letters were always on the theme of love
Derivationally Related Form:topicalthematic
Hypernyms:content message subject matter substance
Inherited Hypernyms:subjectmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bone of contentionheadkeynoteprecedentquestion
Full Hyponyms:bone of contentioncasegordian knothomework problemkeynotekoanpons asinorumposerprecedentproblempuzzlequestionquestion of factquestion of lawrebusriddlesudokuword square
nnoun.artifactsomething (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representationSynset:content depicted object
Examples:- a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject
Part Holonyms:scene view
Hypernyms:thing
Inherited Hypernyms:subjectthingphysical entityentity
nnoun.cognitiona branch of knowledgeSynset:bailiwick discipline field field of study study subject area subject field
Examples:- in what discipline is his doctorate?
- teachers should be well trained in their subject
- anthropology is the study of human beings
Derivationally Related Form:studydisciplinary
Hypernyms:domain knowledge base knowledge domain
Inherited Hypernyms:disciplineknowledge domaincontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:allometryapplied sciencearchitectureartsbiblioticscommunication theorycommunicationsdivinityengineeringengineering scienceescapologyfrontierfuturisticsfuturologygenealogygraphologyhumanistic disciplinehumanitieslandscape architectureliberal artsmajormilitary sciencenumerologyoccultismologyprotologysciencescientific disciplinetechnologytheogonytheology
Full Hyponyms:a cappella singingabnormal psychologyacousticsactingadagioaerologyaeromechanicsaeromedicineaeronautical engineeringaeronauticsaestheticsaffine geometryagrobiologyagrologyagronomyalgebraalgorismalienismallergologyallometryanalysisanalytic geometryanatomyanesthesiologyangelologyangiologyanimatronicsanthropologyapache danceapache devil danceaperyapologeticsapplied mathematicsapplied psychologyarcheologyarchitectonicsarchitectural engineeringarchitecturearithmeticart historyartificial intelligenceassyriologyastrodynamicsastrometryastronomyastrophysicsaudiologyavionicsaxiologybacteriologyballetballisticsballroom dancingbeguinebehaviorismbel cantobelly dancebiblioticsbiochemistrybioclimatologybioethicsbiogeographybiologybiomedical sciencebiomedicinebiometricsbionicsbiophysicsbioremediationbiosystematicsbiotechnologybit partbolerobotanybowingbrain sciencebreak dancingbubble dancebuck-and-wingbunny hugbusinesscakewalkcalculuscalculus of 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nnoun.cognitionsome situation or event that is thought aboutSynset:issue matter topic
Examples:- he kept drifting off the topic
- he had been thinking about the subject for several years
- it is a matter for the police
Derivationally Related Form:mattertopical
Hypernyms:cognitive content content mental object
Inherited Hypernyms:topiccontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:areablind spotremitres adjudicatares judicata
Full Hyponyms:areablind spotgrey arearemitres judicataterritory
nnoun.communication(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicatedTopic:grammar
Hypernyms:constituent grammatical constituent
Inherited Hypernyms:subjectconstituentsyntagmastring of wordslanguagecommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:subjectconstituentsyntagmastring of wordsstringsequenceseriesorderingarrangementgroupabstractionentity
nnoun.persona person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigationSynset:case guinea pig
Examples:- the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly
- the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
Derivationally Related Form:subject
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:subjectpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:subjectpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.persona person who owes allegiance to that nationSynset:national
Examples:- a monarch has a duty to his subjects
Derivationally Related Form:subjectnational
Member Holonyms:country land nation
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:nationalpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:nationalpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:citizencompatriotnationalistpatriot
Full Hyponyms:active citizenchauvinistcitizenciviliancompatriotconstituentcountrymancountrywomancrossover voterfloaterfreedmanfreemanpatriotprivate citizenrepatriateswing voterthanevoter
nnoun.communication(logic) the first term of a propositionTopic:logic
Hypernyms:term
Inherited Hypernyms:subjecttermconstituentsyntagmastring of wordslanguagecommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:subjecttermconstituentsyntagmastring of wordsstringsequenceseriesorderingarrangementgroupabstractionentity
vverb.perceptioncause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable toExamples:- He subjected me to his awful poetry
- The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills
- People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation
Hypernyms:affect bear on bear upon impact touch touch on
Inherited Hypernyms:subjectaffectchange
Direct Hyponyms:bacterisebacterizeexposeincurputrefractshipwreckvitriol
Causes:experience go through see
Full Troponyms:air outbacterizeexposeincuroverexposeputrefractrunshipwrecksolarizesununderexposeventilatevitriol
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.competitionmake accountable forExamples:- He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors
Hypernyms:submit
Inherited Hypernyms:subjectsubmit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.socialmake subservient; force to submit or subdueSynset:subjugate
Derivationally Related Form:subjugatorsubjectsubjugationsubjection
Hypernyms:dominate master
Inherited Hypernyms:subjugatedominatecontrol
Direct Hyponyms:dragoonenslave
Full Troponyms:dragoonenslave
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
adj satadj.allpossibly accepting or permittingSynset:capable open
Examples:- a passage capable of misinterpretation
- open to interpretation
- an issue open to question
- the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation
Antonyms:unsusceptible
Derivationally Related Form:capability
Inherited Hypernyms:capable
Similar to:susceptible
adj satadj.allbeing under the power or sovereignty of another or othersSynset:dependent
Examples:- subject peoples
- a dependent prince
Antonyms:insubordinate
Derivationally Related Form:subjectdependency
Inherited Hypernyms:subject
Similar to:subordinate
adj satadj.alllikely to be affected by somethingExamples:- the bond is subject to taxation
- he is subject to fits of depression
Antonyms:unaffected
Derivationally Related Form:subject
Inherited Hypernyms:subject
Similar to:affected