Antonyms for subordinate

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : adjective, noun suh-bawr-dn-it; verb suh-bawr-dn-eyt

Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun səˈbɔr dn ɪt; verb səˈbɔr dnˌeɪt

Definition of subordinate

Origin : mid-15c., from Medieval Latin subordinatus "placed in a lower order, made subject," past participle of subordinare "place in a lower order," from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + ordinare "arrange" (see ordain). Related: Subordinance; subordinant.

adj lesser, supplementary
noun person that serves another

Example sentences :

His subordinate officers may complain that they have had no fighting.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

His bitterness grew, and at last he turned on his subordinate.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

So he came at last to the distant camp of his subordinate comrades.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

But in the Phaedo the doctrine of ideas is subordinate to the proof of the immortality of the soul.
Extract from : « Meno » by Plato

A subordinate Grange for example is a community organization.
Extract from : « The Farmer and His Community » by Dwight Sanderson

All other requirements must be subordinate to this—even the instructor's mastery of the language.
Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper

Gates was still present also, but in a subordinate capacity.
Extract from : « The Siege of Boston » by Allen French

We were in a most subordinate condition, and they made us feel it.
Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever

He was the son of one of the subordinate officers of the Tower.
Extract from : « Queen Elizabeth » by Jacob Abbott

I am not sure that some of my subordinate characters were not drawn from life.
Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey

Synonyms for subordinate

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