Subject

noun

səbdʒɛkt

Adjective

possibly accepting or permitting
“the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation”
Similar:Capable Open
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
“subject peoples”
Similar:Dependent
likely to be affected by something
“the bond is subject to taxation”
“he is subject to fits of depression”

a branch of knowledge
“teachers should be well trained in their subject”
Similar:Bailiwick Discipline Field Study
Type of:Domain
a person who owes allegiance to that nation
“a monarch has a duty to his subjects”
Similar:National
Type of:IndividualSomeoneSoul
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
“he didn't want to discuss that subject”
Similar:Theme Topic
Type of:SubstanceMessageContent
something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
“a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject”
Similar:Content
Type of:Thing
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
“the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly”
Similar:Case
Type of:SomebodySomeoneIndividual
some situation or event that is thought about
“he had been thinking about the subject for several years”
Similar:Issue Matter Topic
Type of:Content
(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
Type of:Constituent
(logic) the first term of a proposition
Type of:Term

cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
“He subjected me to his awful poetry”
“The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills”
“People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation”
Type of:ImpactAffectTouch
make accountable for
“He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors”
Type of:Submit
make subservient; force to submit or subdue
Similar:Subjugate
Type of:DominateMaster