Synonyms of subjects

subjects 1 of 2

noun

plural of subject

1

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
• grists
• keynotes
• piths
• gists
• centerpieces
• essentialities
• marrows
• cruxes
• bottoms
• purports
• quicks
• nubs
• nubbins

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

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

3

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

2 of 2

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of subjects

Noun

The business is also growing its base of millions of curious thinkers with non-language subjects; Preply now covers math, computer science, and chess. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

The idea is to establish multiple credibility signals across LinkedIn – through a company's presence, employees and relevant creators – so AI systems have more information connecting a brand with certain subjects or areas of expertise. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Yet these subjects are often united by a kind of nostalgia—or more precisely, the kind of nostalgia induced by pop culture artifacts. — Geoffrey O’Brien, The New York Review of Books, 22 Aug. 2026

More recently, the National Park Service installed a series of sculptures of Revolutionary-era subjects and themes at a plaza near the White House. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Bookended by drone shots of the Macedonian countryside and a somber cello refrain by Novogradska, this 86-minute doc is otherwise composed of scoreless interviews with subjects seated in front of black curtains and captured in medium range. — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Unintentionally, and no doubt painfully, the British royal family has, in modern times, increasingly become a high-profile mirror of its subjects. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

What was your reaction to some of the more shocking things your interview subjects said throughout this process? — Katie Campione, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026

Working in both color and in black and white, his subjects — sometimes family, sometimes random people, sometimes buildings or streets with nobody in sight — can have the warmth and intensity of his poems. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026

Verb

Then founder and master distiller Joe McGirr subjects his spirit to a vapor chamber chockablock with even more juniper. — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

This allows cyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs and no longer arbitrarily subjects them to traffic control measures designed for other types of vehicles. — Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026

By suspending the implementation of the sanction, the judicial body subjects the person sanctioned to a probationary period of one to four years. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Rather than discarding the residual sludge left behind after conventional anaerobic digestion, the system subjects it to an additional treatment stage known as Advanced Wet Oxidation and Steam Explosion (AWOEx). — New Atlas, 9 May 2026

Ridestore subjects materials to failure testing during both development and production, evaluating bond strength in laminated membranes, water-repellency performance and trim durability before materials move into manufacturing. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 6 May 2026

Demand is highest when the weather is at its worst, which subjects you to freezing temperatures and rotten road conditions. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026

The legislation subjects companies in violation to a civil penalty of up to half a million dollars, and allows victims to seek damages. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026

And unfortunately, life has carried on as usual elsewhere in Gilead, which subjects its women to the same degree of brutal, misogynistic repression. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026