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Definition of SUBORDINATE

having not so great importance or rank as another <his contention is that environment plays a subordinate role to heredity in determining what we become>

Synonyms inferior, junior, less, lower, minor, smaller, subordinate

Related Words little, mean, small; minute, petty; jerkwater, one-horse, second-class, second-rate, two-bit; associate, auxiliary, secondary, subsidiary

Near Antonyms choice, exceptional, first-class, first-rate

Antonyms greater, higher, major, more, primary, prime, senior, superior, superordinate