Subservient, a.
- 1. Subordinate, inferior, subject.
- 2. Useful, helpful, serviceable, conducive, subsidiary, ancillary, instrumental.
Subside, v. n.
- 1. Sink, settle.
- 2. Decrease, diminish, lessen, lull, wane, ebb, abate, intermit, grow less.
- 3. Descend, sink, become lower, tend downward, settle.
Subsidence, n.
- 1. Sinking, settling.
- 2. Decrease, diminution, lessening, abatement, ebb.
- 3. Descent, sinking.
Subsidiary, a. Assistant, auxiliary, aiding, helping, adjuvant, corroborative, co-operating, subservient.
Subsidize, v. a. Supply with a subsidy.
Subsidy, n.
- 1. Support, aid, co-operation.
- 2. Pecuniary aid (granted by one Government to another), tribute.
Subsist, v. n.
- 1. Exist, be, inhere.
- 2. (Rare.) Remain, abide, continue.
- 3. Be supported, obtain a livelihood, get a living, live.
Subsist, v. a. Feed, victual, ration, support, maintain.