What are the opposite words for subordinate?
Subordinate means someone who has lower rank, status or authority than someone else. Antonyms for the word subordinate would be someone who has a higher rank, status, or authority such as superior, leader, manager, director, CEO, or President. These are individuals who are considered more powerful and have more say in making decisions, whereas the subordinate has less power and has to follow orders. The opposite of being subordinate means to be in charge, hold the power to make decisions and have the final say. Being a superior means having more freedom in work and personal life as well as being able to command the respect of others.
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- chief
- fundamental
- person that serves another
- master
- expert
- directing
- head
- influential
- powerful
- top
- important
- central
- commanding
- arch
- bigger
- capital
- contumacious
- dominant
- essential
- governing
- great
- impressive
- main
- major
- peerless
- primary
- principal
- basic
- big
- cardinal
- exalted
- executive
- first
- imposing
- independent
- insurgent
- predominant
- preeminent
- sovereign
- staple
- all
- principal, superior
- primary/prime
- main, essential
- important, key
- main, principal; in the middle
- most important, essential
- superior, authoritative
- headstrong, obstinate
- superior, controlling
- initial
- important, vital
- praised; held in high esteem
- administrative
- earliest in order
- effective, powerful
- leading
- most important
- important, celebrated
- most important; chief
- managing
- necessary, basic
- essential, important
- principal, predominant
- having no equal; superior
- ruling; most important
- most important; superior
- leading; original
- dominant, governing
- famous, illustrious
- lesser, supplementary
- best, most important; highest
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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chief
- foreperson,
- general,
- head honcho,
- manager,
- ruler,
- sovereign,
- supervisor,
- suzerain,
- top brass,
- big gun,
- generals,
- suzerains,
- big guns,
- fore people,
- fore person,
- fore persons,
- fore-people,
- fore-person,
- fore-persons,
- forepeople,
- forepersons,
- head honchos,
- head people,
- head person,
- head persons,
- key player,
- key players,
- over seer,
- over seers,
- super visor,
- super visors,
- super-visor,
- super-visors,
- top brasses,
- top cat,
- top cats,
- potent,
- superior,
- grandest,
- more telling,
- most telling,
- upper most,
- upper-most.
-
fundamental
- Principia,
- coal and ice,
- coal and ices,
- coal ice,
- coal ices,
- nitty gritty,
- nittygritty,
- principium,
- axiological,
- elementary,
- fundamental,
- grassroots,
- underived,
- foundational,
- bottom-line,
- bottomline,
- meat-and-potatoes,
- more axiological,
- more bottom line,
- more bottom-line,
- more bottomline,
- more foundational,
- more grass roots,
- more grass-roots,
- more grassroots,
- more meat and potatoes,
- more meat-and-potatoes,
- more substratal,
- more substrative,
- more sustaining,
- more underived,
- most axiological,
- most bottom line,
- most bottom-line,
- most bottomline,
- most foundational,
- most fundamental,
- most grass roots,
- most grass-roots,
- most grassroots,
- most meat and potatoes,
- most meat-and-potatoes,
- most substratal,
- most substrative,
- most underived,
- sub stratal,
- sub-stratal,
- substratal,
- substrative,
- un derived,
- un-derived,
- under lying.
- person that serves another
- master
- expert
- directing
- head
-
influential
- hotdog,
- namer,
- big-gun,
- big-wheel,
- biggun,
- bigwheel,
- hot-dog,
- in spiring,
- in-spiring,
- majorleague,
- more big gun,
- more big-gun,
- more big-wheel,
- more bigwheel,
- more guiding,
- more hot dog,
- more hot-dog,
- more hotdog,
- most big gun,
- most big-gun,
- most big-wheel,
- most biggun,
- most bigwheel,
- most guiding,
- most hot dog,
- most hot-dog,
- most hotdog.
- powerful
- top
- important
-
central
- axial,
- centric,
- centroidal,
- middlemost,
- midmost,
- nuclear,
- umbilical,
- Omphalic,
- in most,
- inter mediate,
- mid most,
- mid way,
- mid-way,
- middle most,
- middle-most,
- more axial,
- more centric,
- more centroidal,
- more middlemost,
- more midmost,
- more nuclear,
- more omphalic,
- most axial,
- most centroidal,
- most middlemost,
- most midmost,
- most nuclear,
- most umbilical.
- commanding
- arch
- bigger
- capital
- contumacious
-
dominant
- prevailing,
- overbalancing,
- overweighing,
- Over-bearing,
- more obtaining,
- more outweighing,
- more overweighing,
- more predominate,
- more prevalent,
- more surpassing,
- most obtaining,
- most outweighing,
- most overbalancing,
- most predominate,
- most surpassing,
- out weighing,
- out-weighing,
- over balancing,
- over bearing,
- over weighing,
- over-balancing,
- over-weighing,
- pre dominate,
- pre siding,
- pre vailing,
- pre-dominate,
- pre-siding,
- pre-vailing,
- sur-passing.
- essential
-
governing
- gubernatorial,
- presidential,
- Overseeing,
- more conducting,
- more gubernatorial,
- more mastering,
- more ordering,
- more overseeing,
- more presidential,
- more superintending,
- most conducting,
- most gubernatorial,
- most mastering,
- most ordering,
- most overseeing,
- most presidential,
- most superintending,
- over seeing,
- over-seeing,
- re straining,
- re-straining,
- super intending,
- super-intending.
- great
- impressive
- main
- major
-
peerless
- incomparable,
- unexampled,
- Gilt-edge,
- Unparagoned,
- beyond compare,
- second to none,
- all time,
- alltime,
- gilt edge,
- giltedge,
- in comparable,
- in-comparable,
- more gilt edge,
- more giltedge,
- more nonpareil,
- more solid gold,
- more solid-gold,
- more solidgold,
- more unexampled,
- more unparagoned,
- most gilt edge,
- most giltedge,
- most nonpareil,
- most solid gold,
- most solid-gold,
- most solidgold,
- most unexampled,
- most unparagoned,
- second none,
- solid gold,
- solid-gold,
- solidgold,
- topser,
- topsest,
- un equaled,
- un exampled,
- un paragoned,
- un paralleled,
- un rivaled,
- un surpassed,
- un-equaled,
- un-exampled,
- un-matched,
- un-paragoned,
- un-paralleled,
- un-rivaled,
- un-surpassed,
- world class.
- primary
- principal
- basic
- big
- cardinal
-
exalted
- top-ranking,
- highest-ranking,
- high minded,
- high ranking,
- highest ranking,
- highestranking,
- highminded,
- highranking,
- more highest ranking,
- more highest-ranking,
- more highestranking,
- more top ranking,
- more top-ranking,
- more topranking,
- most highest ranking,
- most highest-ranking,
- most top ranking,
- most topranking,
- over blown,
- over-blown,
- self important,
- sub lime,
- sub-lime,
- top drawer,
- topdrawer,
- topranking,
- up lifting,
- up-lifting.
- executive
-
first
- first-string,
- in the beginning,
- lead off,
- primo,
- Headmost,
- first class,
- Primogenial,
- numero uno,
- firstclass,
- be ginning,
- be-ginning,
- firststring,
- head most,
- head of the line,
- head the line,
- head-most,
- in augural,
- in beginning,
- in-augural,
- more ahead,
- more beginning,
- more first string,
- more first-string,
- more firststring,
- more headmost,
- more inaugural,
- more opening,
- more primo,
- more primogenial,
- more ranking,
- most ahead,
- most beginning,
- most first string,
- most first-string,
- most firststring,
- most headmost,
- most inaugural,
- most opening,
- most primo,
- most primogenial,
- most ranking,
- right front,
- right up front,
- top flight,
- top list,
- top of list,
- top of the list,
- top the list.
- imposing
-
independent
- freewheeling,
- independent,
- nonpartisan,
- on one's own,
- unaided,
- Self-determining,
- Unallied,
- unregimented,
- self-ruling,
- in dependent,
- in-dependent,
- more freewheeling,
- more self determining,
- more self ruling,
- more self-determining,
- more self-ruling,
- more selfdetermining,
- more selfruling,
- more unaided,
- more unallied,
- more unregimented,
- most freewheeling,
- most self determining,
- most self ruling,
- most self-determining,
- most self-ruling,
- most selfdetermining,
- most selfruling,
- most unaided,
- most unallied,
- most unregimented,
- non aligned,
- non partisan,
- non-partisan,
- on one own,
- on ones own,
- on own,
- self contained,
- self determining,
- self governing,
- self reliant,
- self ruling,
- self sufficient,
- self supporting,
- selfcontained,
- selfdetermining,
- selfgoverning,
- selfreliant,
- selfruling,
- selfsufficient,
- selfsupporting,
- un aided,
- un allied,
- un connected,
- un constrained,
- un controlled,
- un regimented,
- un-aided,
- un-allied,
- un-connected,
- un-controlled,
- un-regimented.
- insurgent
- predominant
- preeminent
- sovereign
- staple
- all
-
principal, superior
- arch.
-
primary/prime
- fab,
- top of the line,
- underivative,
- world-class,
- fabber,
- fabbest,
- more top of the line,
- more top-of-the-line,
- more world class,
- more world-class,
- more worldclass,
- most primary,
- most top of the line,
- most top-of-the-line,
- most underivative,
- most world class,
- most world-class,
- most worldclass,
- three r,
- three rs,
- top-of-the-line,
- un derivative,
- un-derivative,
- worldclass.
- main, essential
- important, key
- main, principal; in the middle
- most important, essential
- superior, authoritative
- headstrong, obstinate
- superior, controlling
- initial
- important, vital
- praised; held in high esteem
- administrative
- earliest in order
- effective, powerful
- leading
- most important
- important, celebrated
-
most important; chief
- head.
-
managing
- piloting,
- Husbanding,
- more administering,
- more advising,
- more executing,
- more handling,
- more husbanding,
- more inspecting,
- more organizing,
- more piloting,
- more regulating,
- more steering,
- more supervising,
- most administering,
- most advising,
- most executing,
- most handling,
- most husbanding,
- most inspecting,
- most organizing,
- most piloting,
- most regulating,
- most steering,
- most supervising,
- super vising.
- necessary, basic
-
essential, important
- key.
-
principal, predominant
- main.
- having no equal; superior
- ruling; most important
- most important; superior
- leading; original
- dominant, governing
-
famous, illustrious
- star.
- lesser, supplementary
-
best, most important; highest
- top.
-
Other relevant words
- predominate,
- NIBS,
- ascendant,
- baron,
- big cheese,
- big leaguer,
- big shot,
- big wheel,
- bigfoot,
- bigwig,
- captain,
- czar,
- doyen,
- elder,
- elder statesman,
- fat cat,
- foreman,
- headman,
- heavy hitter,
- heavyweight,
- helmsman,
- honcho,
- king,
- kingfish,
- kingpin,
- leader,
- lion,
- magnate,
- major leaguer,
- mogul,
- monarch,
- nabob,
- pooh-bah,
- prince,
- taskmaster,
- tycoon,
- Nawab,
- kahuna,
- biggie,
- big-timer,
- big boy,
- boss man,
- jefe,
- muckety-muck,
- antagonist,
- choice,
- exceptional,
- first-rate,
- greater,
- higher,
- major,
- more,
- opponent,
- opposer,
- overriding,
- senior,
- superordinate,
- Hinderer,
- first class.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
let the cat ouf bag
- Antonyms:
- be quiet, conceal, hide.
