[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

subordinate \subor"dinate\, a. pref. sub + l. ordinatus, p.
   p. of ordinare to set in order, to arrange. see ordain.
   1. placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower
      or inferior position.
      1913 webster

            the several kinds and subordinate species of each
            are easily distinguished.             --woodward.
      1913 webster

   2. inferior in order, nature, dignity, power, importance, or
      the like.
      1913 webster

            it was subordinate, not enslaved, to the
            understanding.                        --south.
      1913 webster
see also:
ordain 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

subordinate \subor"dinate\, n.
   one who stands in order or rank below another; --
   distinguished from a principal. --milton.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

subordinate \subor"dinate\, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   subordinated; p. pr.  vb. n. subordinating.
   1. to place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as
      of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one
      creature to another.
      1913 webster

   2. to make subject; to subject or subdue; as, to subordinate
      the passions to reason.
      1913 webster -- subor"dinately, adv. --
      subor"dinateness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
subordinated subordinating subor"dinately subor"dinateness 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dependent \depend"ent\, a. l. dependens, -entis, p. pr.
   dependere. see depend, and cf. dependant.
   1. hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.
      1913 webster

   2. relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not
      able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything,
      without the will, power, or aid of something else; not
      self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon;
      as, dependent on god; dependent upon friends. opposite of
      independent. narrower terms: interdependent,
      mutualist, mutually beneficial; parasitic, parasitical,
      leechlike, bloodsucking; subordinate; underage;
      myrmecophilous; symbiotic also see: unfree.
      1913 webster

            england, long dependent and degraded, was again a
            power of the first rank.              --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. opposite of
      unconditional.

   syn: qualified.
        wordnet 1.5

   4. addicted to drugs.

   syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out.
        wordnet 1.5

   dependent covenant or dependent contract law, one not
      binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.

   dependent variable math., a varying quantity whose
      changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by
      changes in another variable, which is called the
      independent variable.
      1913 webster
see also:
depend dependant independent interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking subordinate 
underage myrmecophilous symbiotic unfree unconditional 
dependent covenant dependent contract dependent variable independent variable 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

subordinate
     adj 1: lower in rank or importance syn: low-level ant: dominant
     2: subject or submissive to authority or the control of
        another; "a subordinate kingdom" ant: insubordinate
     3: of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a
        complete sentence; "a subordinate or dependent clause
        functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a
        sentence" syn: dependent ant: independent
     4: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
        corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
        functionary" syn: junior-grade, inferior, lower, lower-ranking,
         lowly, pettya, secondary, subaltern
     n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
          syn: subsidiary, underling, foot soldier
     2: a word that is more specific than a given word syn: hyponym,
         subordinate word
     v 1: rank or order as less important or consider of less value;
          "art is sometimes subordinated to science in these
          schools"
     2: make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "our wishes
        have to be subordinated to that of our ruler" syn: subdue
see also:
low-level dominant insubordinate dependent independent junior-grade 
inferior lower lower-ranking lowly pettya 
secondary subaltern subsidiary underling foot soldier 
hyponym subordinate word subdue 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

125 moby thesaurus words for "subordinate":
   accessory, adjuvant, aide, assistant, assort, auxiliary, below,
   beneath, bolt, categorize, classify, client, cog, collate,
   collateral, common, commonality, commonalty, contributory,
   creature, demeaning, dependent, deprive of freedom, disadvantaged,
   disenfranchise, disfranchise, divide, dominate, employee, enslave,
   enthrall, feudal, feudatory, flunky, follower, gradate, grade,
   group, hanger-on, helper, hireling, hoi polloi, hold captive,
   hold down, hold in bondage, hold in captivity, hold in leash,
   hold in subjection, homager, humble, in the shade, inferior,
   infra dig, junior, keep down, keep under, lackey, lead captive,
   less, lesser, liege, liege man, lightweight, low, lower,
   lower class, lower orders, lowly, make dependent, masses, minion,
   minor, modest, myrmidon, next to, ordinary, pawn, peon, peonize,
   poor relation, rank, retainer, riddle, right-hand man, satellite,
   screen, scrub, second fiddle, second rank, second string,
   secondary, separate, serf, servant, servile, sieve, sift, size,
   slave, sort, sort out, staffer, stooge, sub, subaltern, subject,
   subjugate, subordinate to, subservient, subsidiary, supplementary,
   take captive, third rank, third string, third stringer, tributary,
   under, underling, underprivileged, understrapper, vassal,
   vassalize, vulgar, yeoman, yes-man

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