“subject”

Definitions

• adjective

  possibly accepting or permitting

  Synonyms: capable, open, above, action, actor, affair, agent, anagnorisis, angle, application, appositive, apt

  • Example:“a passage capable of misinterpretation”
  • Example:“open to interpretation”

• adjective

  being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

  Synonyms: dependent

  • Example:“subject peoples”
  • Example:“a dependent prince”

• adjective

  likely to be affected by something

  • Example:“The bond is subject to taxation.”
  • Example:“He is subject to fits of depression.”

• noun

  the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

  Synonyms: topic, theme

  • Example:“He didn't want to discuss that subject.”
  • Example:“It was a very sensitive topic.”

• noun

  something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

  Synonyms: content, depicted object

  • Example:“A moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject.”

• noun

  a branch of knowledge

  Synonyms: discipline, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick

  • Example:“In what discipline is his doctorate?”
  • Example:“Teachers should be well trained in their subject.”