Subject

A branch of knowledge

Possibly accepting or permitting

Synonyms

Capable

Open

Similar to

Susceptible

Examples

The time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation

A person who owes allegiance to that nation

Synonyms

National

Examples

A monarch has a duty to his subjects

Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

Synonyms

Dependent

Similar to

Subordinate

Examples

Subject peoples

Make subservient; force to submit or subdue

Synonyms

Subjugate

Has types

Enslave

Dragoon

Derivation

Subjection

The subject matter of a conversation or discussion

Synonyms

Theme

Topic

Examples

He didn't want to discuss that subject

Something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation

Type of

Thing

Part of

View

Scene

Examples

A moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject

A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation

Examples

The subjects for this investigation were selected randomly

Some situation or event that is thought about

Examples

He had been thinking about the subject for several years

Cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to

Examples

He subjected me to his awful poetry

The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills

People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation

(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

Likely to be affected by something

Similar to

Affected

Examples

The bond is subject to taxation

He is subject to fits of depression

(logic) the first term of a proposition

In category

Logic

Type of

Term

Make accountable for

Type of

Submit

Examples

He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors