| noun | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion “he didn't want to discuss that subject” |
| noun | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation “a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject” |
| noun | a branch of knowledge “in what discipline is his doctorate?” |
| noun | some situation or event that is thought about “he kept drifting off the topic” |
| noun | (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated |
| noun | a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation “the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly” |
| noun | a person who owes allegiance to that nation “a monarch has a duty to his subjects” |
| noun | (logic) the first term of a proposition |
| verb | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to “He subjected me to his awful poetry” |
| verb | make accountable for “He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors” |
| verb | make subservient; force to submit or subdue |
| verb | refer for judgment or consideration “The lawyers submitted the material to the court” |
| adjective | possibly accepting or permitting “a passage capable of misinterpretation” |
| adjective | being under the power or sovereignty of another or others “subject peoples” |
| adjective | likely to be affected by something “the bond is subject to taxation” |
| topical | adjective | of or relating to or arranged by topics |
| thematic | adjective | relating to or constituting a topic of discourse |
| disciplinary | adjective | relating to a specific field of academic study |
| study | verb | be a student of a certain subject |
| matter | verb | have weight; have import, carry weight |
| subject | adjective | likely to be affected by something |
| national | adjective | of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country |
| subject | verb | make subservient; force to submit or subdue |
| subjugation | noun | forced submission to control by others |
| subjugator | noun | a conqueror who defeats and enslaves |
| subject | noun | a person who owes allegiance to that nation |
| subjection | noun | forced submission to control by others |
| submission | noun | something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition) |
| capability | noun | the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment |
| dependency | noun | a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country |