subject

Adj

1. Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
2. Conditional upon something; used with to.
3. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
4. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.

Noun

1. The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
2. By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
3. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
4. A particular area of study.
5. A citizen in a monarchy.
6. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
7. The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
8. A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
9. A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
10. That of which something is stated.
11. The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
2. (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave.

Opposite of

object, ;, predicate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌb.d͡ʒɛkt/

Etymology

From Middle English subget, from Old French suget, from Latin subiectus (“lying under or near, adjacent, also subject, exposed”), as a noun, subiectus (“a subject, an inferior”), subiectum (“the subject of a proposition”), past participle of subiciō (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”), as a calque of Ancient Greek ὑποκείμενον (hupokeímenon).

Synonyms

topic

theme

matter

dependent

subordinate

citizen

affair

object

expose

title

motif

national

text

issue

business

case

subjugate

thing

subject matter

question

❓

submit

subservient

article

substance

capable

submissive

subdue

content

field

discipline

open

plot

depicted object

point

subject area

subject field

material

main idea

thesis

vulnerable

item

course

field of study

guinea pig

study

heading

domain

liable

concern

bailiwick

Sentences

Philosophy is my favorite subject .

Bittner also wrote a book by the same name on the subject .

Students are placed in a tutorial with one of their subject teachers .

In another , the female subject could speak Bengali with a poor pronunciation .

Each teaching subject group has a group convenor or head , and devolved group management .

Active voice is used in a clause whose subject expresses the main verb's agent .