subject

Meanings

• the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  • "he didn't want to discuss that subject"
• something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
  • "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
• a branch of knowledge
  • "teachers should be well trained in their subject"
• some situation or event that is thought about
  • "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"
• (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
• a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
  • "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"
• a person who owes allegiance to that nation
  • "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
• (logic) the first term of a proposition
• cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
  • "He subjected me to his awful poetry"
  • "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"
  • "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"
• make accountable for
  • "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
• make subservient; force to submit or subdue
• refer for judgment or consideration
• possibly accepting or permitting
  • "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"
• being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
  • "subject peoples"
• likely to be affected by something
  • "the bond is subject to taxation"
  • "he is subject to fits of depression"

Synonyms

bailiwick, capable, case, content, dependent, depicted object, discipline, field, field of study, guinea pig, issue, matter, national, open, study, subject area, subject field, subjugate, submit, theme, topic