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