Synonyms of subsumes

subsumes

verb

present tense third-person singular of subsume

as in includes

to have as part of a whole

games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of "recreation"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• includes
• encompasses
• contains
• involves
• carries
• entails
• embraces
• comprehends
• comprises
• numbers
• takes in
• incorporates
• possesses
• receives
• has
• consists (of)
• owns
• integrates
• constitutes
• embodies
• admits
• holds
• forms
• assimilates
• composes
• brackets
• makes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• excludes
• leaves (out)
• omits
• prevents
• precludes
• prohibits
• denies
• refuses
• rejects
• eliminates
• bans
• misses out
• bars
• loses
• debars
• excepts
• rules out
• misplaces
• mislays

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of subsumes

For a few weeks every March, American productivity collapses into a blur of fake doctor’s appointments and furtive glances at phones under conference tables as the NCAA’s annual basketball tournament subsumes the culture. —Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026

Neither is the machine that, partway through the play, noisily turns the stage into a great berg of foam, which slowly subsumes a resigned Kramer. —Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026

But to say the administration can be defined as a lack of character—the term subsumes all those other judgments, and is much harder to question. —Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026

Mitchell, in contrast, subsumes himself into his subjects, seldom intruding on the surface of his own prose. —Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025