Synonyms of subjects

subjects 1 of 2

noun

plural of subject

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as in topics

a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)

the subject of our discussion switched from who would be the next president to who was the greatest president in the nation's history

Synonyms & Similar Words

• topics
• themes
• matters
• motifs
• questions
• contents
• motives
• essences
• ideas
• issues
• problems
• purposes
• substances
• subject matters
• considerations
• masses
• hearts
• counts
• bodies
• fundamentals
• cores
• burdens
• nuclei
• points
• bases
• staples
• generalities
• sums
• kernels
• affairs
• essentials
• mains
• talking points
• arguments
• debates
• pivots
• bulks
• nets
• nucleuses
• grists
• keynotes
• gists
• piths
• centerpieces
• essentialities
• marrows
• cruxes
• bottoms
• purports
• cruces
• quicks
• nubs
• nubbins

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excursions
• parentheses
• tangents
• digressions
• asides
• interjections

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as in citizens

a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it

because of the tense situation in that country, British subjects were advised to return home as soon as possible

Synonyms & Similar Words

• citizens
• nationals
• residents
• freemen
• inhabitants
• countrymen
• natives
• compatriots
• nonimmigrants

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aliens
• strangers
• foreigners
• immigrants
• noncitizens
• nonnatives

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as in reasons

something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing

he has no subject to protest this time, but that's never stopped him before

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reasons
• motives
• grounds
• authorities
• causes
• accounts
• stimuli
• whys
• considerations
• antecedents
• incentives
• wherefores
• occasions
• inspirations
• impetuses
• instigations

subjects

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verb

present tense third-person singular of subject

as in conquers

to bring under one's control by force of arms

Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• conquers
• dominates
• subdues
• defeats
• subordinates
• overcomes
• subjugates
• enslaves
• reduces
• vanquishes
• beats
• pacifies
• crushes
• overpowers
• licks
• prevails (over)
• triumphs (over)
• mows (down)
• whips
• routs
• smashes
• annihilates
• silences
• suppresses
• quells
• snuffs (out)
• skunks
• squashes
• clamps down (on)
• wallops
• represses
• thrashes
• drubs
• cracks down (on)
• puts down
• trounces
• smothers
• squelches
• breaks
• quashes
• clobbers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• springs
• discharges
• releases
• emancipates
• enfranchises
• liberates
• frees
• manumits
• unbinds
• unfetters
• uncages
• unchains