Subject Meaning

There are 14 meaning(s) for word Subject

Meaning 1 : a branch of knowledge

    Example : teachers should be well trained in their subject

    Synonyms : bailiwick,  discipline,  field,  field of study,  study,  subject area,  subject field
Meaning 2 : possibly accepting or permitting

    Example : the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation

    Synonyms : capable,  open
Meaning 3 : a person who owes allegiance to that nation

    Example : a monarch has a duty to his subjects

    Synonyms : national
Meaning 4 : being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

    Example : subject peoples

    Synonyms : dependent
Meaning 5 : make subservient; force to submit or subdue

    Synonyms : subjugate
Meaning 6 : the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

    Example : he didn't want to discuss that subject

    Synonyms : theme,  topic
Meaning 7 : something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

    Example : a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject

    Synonyms : content,  depicted object
Meaning 8 : a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

    Example : the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly

    Synonyms : case,  guinea pig
Meaning 9 : some situation or event that is thought about

    Example : he had been thinking about the subject for several years

    Synonyms : issue,  matter,  topic
Meaning 10 : cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

    Example : He subjected me to his awful poetry,The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills,People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation

Meaning 11 : (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

Meaning 12 : likely to be affected by something

    Example : the bond is subject to taxation,he is subject to fits of depression

Meaning 13 : (logic) the first term of a proposition

Meaning 14 : make accountable for

    Example : He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors