subsume

sub·sume

transitive verb \səb-ˈsüm\

sub·sumedsub·sum·ing

Definition of SUBSUME

: to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element <red, green, and yellow are subsumed under the term “color”>

— sub·sum·able \-ˈsü-mə-bəl\ adjective

Examples of SUBSUME

1. <games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of “recreation”>

Origin of SUBSUME

New Latin subsumere, from Latin sub- + sumere to take up — more at consume

First Known Use: 1825

Related to SUBSUME

Synonyms

carry, comprehend, contain, embrace, encompass, entail, involve, number, include, take in

Antonyms

exclude, leave (out), miss out [British], omit

Related Words

comprise, consist (of); bracket; have, hold, own, possess; admit, receive; compose, constitute, form, make; assimilate, embody, incorporate, integrate

Near Antonyms

ban, bar, debar, preclude, prevent, prohibit; deny, refuse, reject; eliminate, except, rule out; lose, mislay, misplace

Rhymes with SUBSUME

abloom, assume, backroom, ballroom, barroom, bathroom, bedroom, boardroom, bridegroom, broadloom, chat room, checkroom, classroom, clean room, cloakroom, coatroom, consume, costume, courtroom, darkroom, dayroom, entomb, enwomb, exhume, foredoom, front room, great room, greenroom, guardroom, gun room, headroom, heirloom, homeroom, houseroom, illume, inhume, jibboom, Khartoum, legroom, legume, lunchroom, men's room, mudroom, mushroom, newsroom, perfume, playroom, poolroom, pressroom, presume, push broom, relume, restroom, resume, salesroom, schoolroom, Scotch broom, sea room, showroom, sickroom, simoom, squad room, stateroom, stockroom, storeroom, strong room, sunroom, taproom, Targum, tearoom, throne room, toolroom, wardroom, washroom, weight room, whisk broom, white room, workroom