The meaning of SUBORDINATE is placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior. How to use subordinate in a sentence.

Subordinate definition: placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.. See examples of SUBORDINATE used in a sentence.

SUBORDINATE definition: 1. having a lower or less important position: 2. a person who has a less important position than….

A subordinate is someone who works for someone else. As a verb, to subordinate means to place or rank one thing below another. When you're doing a group project, sometimes you have to …

If you subordinate something to another thing, you regard it or treat it as less important than the other thing. He was both willing and able to subordinate all else to this aim. [VERB noun + to]

Subject to the authority or control of another. n. One that is subordinate. 1. To put in a lower or inferior rank or class. 2. To make subservient; subdue.

sub•or•di•nate /adj., n. səˈbɔrdənɪt; v. -dəˌneɪt/ adj., n., v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing. being in a lower order or rank: He had to accept a subordinate post in the new administration. secondary: In some colleges …

subordinate (to somebody) having less power or authority than somebody else in a group or an organization. In some societies women are still subordinate to men. She was directly subordinate to …

There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the word subordinate, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Synonyms for SUBORDINATE: lesser, less, smaller, lower, junior, small, minor, inferior; Antonyms of SUBORDINATE: higher, more, greater, major, senior, primary, superior, prime