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Subordinate

Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

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Adjunct 84% connected

Conjoined; attending; consequent.

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Adjunct 84% connected

Conjoined; attending; consequent.

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Assistant 84% connected

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

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Assistant 84% connected

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

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Associate 84% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Associate 84% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Dependent 84% connected

Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

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Dependent 84% connected

Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

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Feudatory 84% connected

A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.

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Feudatory 84% connected

A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.

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Ruled 84% connected

of Rule

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Ruled 84% connected

of Rule

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Secondary 84% connected

Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

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Secondary 84% connected

Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

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Subject 84% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Subject 84% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Subservient 84% connected

Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.

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Subservient 84% connected

Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling.

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Under 84% connected

Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriag…

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Under 84% connected

Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriag…

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Assistant 76% connected

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

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Grade 76% connected

A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of fl…

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Helper 76% connected

One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.

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Lour 76% connected

An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.

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Lower 76% connected

Compar. of Low, a.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Range 76% connected

To set in a row, or in rows; to place in a regular line or lines, or in ranks; to dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line.

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Rank 76% connected

Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.

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Rate 76% connected

To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

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Supporter 76% connected

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

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Word 76% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Narrower term 3

Associate 76% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

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Cog 76% connected

To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat.

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Man 76% connected

A human being; -- opposed tobeast.

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Derivationally related 4

Subordination 74% connected

The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.

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Subordination 74% connected

The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting.

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Subsidiary 74% connected

Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

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Subsidiary 74% connected

Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

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Inferior 66% connected

Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

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Inferior 66% connected

Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

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Junior 66% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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Junior 66% connected

Less advanced in age than another; younger.

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Submissive 66% connected

Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.

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Submissive 66% connected

Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.

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Attribute 4

Position 66% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Position 66% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Status 66% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Status 66% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Synonym 4

Dependent 92% connected

Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

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Subdue 92% connected

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

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Subsidiary 92% connected

Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

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Underling 92% connected

An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.

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Antonym 2

Insubordinate 94% connected

Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.

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Insubordinate 94% connected

Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous.

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