Sublime Porte. Turkish court, Porte, Ottoman government.
Sublimity, n.
- 1. Elevation, lofty height.
- 2. Grandeur, greatness, nobleness, loftiness, exaltation, nobility, sublimeness.
- 3. Exaltation, elevation.
- 4. Loftiness, grandeur, greatness.
Sublunary, a. Earthly, mundane, terrestrial, subastral, subcelestial, sublunar.
Submarine, a. Subaqueous, subaquatic.
Submerge, v. a.
- 1. Immerse, plunge, sink, submerse.
- 2. Deluge, flood, overflow, overwhelm, inundate, cover with water, drown.
Submerge, v. n.
- 1. Plunge, sink, submerse.
- 2. Be merged, be incorporated, be included.
Submerse, v. a. See Submerge.
Submission, n.
- 1. Surrender, cession, yielding.
- 2. Obedience, resignation, compliance, acquiescence.
- 3. Submissiveness, lowliness, humility, meekness, humiliation, self-abasement, state of being submissive.
- 4. Endurance, sufferance, long-sufferance, forbearance, fortitude, patience.
- 5. Acknowledgment, confession, penitence, contrition.