adj.
1.lower in rank or importance
2.subject or submissive to authority or the control of another
3.of a clause
4.inferior in rank or status subordinate n.
1.an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
2.a word that is more specific than a given word subordinate v.
1.rank or order as less important or consider of less value
2.make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
Idiom of the Day
from dawn to dusk
from the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun
The farmworkers worked from dawn to dusk everyday in order to pick the lettuce crop.