Subordinate, v. a. Subject, make subordinate, make subservient.
Subordination, n.
- 1. Subjection, act of subordinating.
- 2. Inferiority, subjection, subserviency.
Suborn, v. a.
- 1. Procure indirectly.
- 2. (Law.) Bribe (to commit perjury), bribe to take a false oath.
Sub rosa. [L.] Privately, secretly, confidentially, in confidence, under the rose, between ourselves, between you and me, entre nous.
Subscribe, v. a.
- 1. Sign, set one’s name to, affix one’s signature to.
- 2. Promise to contribute.
Subscribe, v. n.
- 1. Sign one’s name (in token of consent).
- 2. Agree, consent, assent, give consent, yield assent.
- 3. Enter one’s name (for a newspaper, etc.).
- 4. Promise to contribute.
Subsequent, a. Following, succeeding, posterior, later, after.
Subserve, v. a. Promote, forward, further, serve, help forward, be subservient to, pander to, minister to.
Subservience, Subserviency, n.
- 1. Subordination, inferiority.
- 2. Usefulness, helpfulness.