Synonyms for Sub-ordinate:

• adj.

  •ancillary (adjective)
  • additional,
  • concomitant,
  • appurtenant,
  • incident,
  • subsidary,
  • accompanying,
  • attending,
  • coincident.
  •auxiliary (adjective)
  • extra,
  • supporting,
  • spare,
  • Abetting,
  • complementary,
  • reserve.
  •clerical (adjective)
  • office,
  • written,
  • bookkeeping,
  • Clerkly,
  • pink collar,
  • scribal,
  • clerkish,
  • accounting,
  • stenographic,
  • typing,
  • white collar.
  •collateral (adjective)
  • corroborative,
  • related,
  • corresponding,
  • roundabout,
  • adjunctive,
  • side,
  • lateral,
  • coordinate,
  • confirmatory,
  • parallel,
  • added,
  • concurrent,
  • circuitous,
  • not lineal.
  •dependent (adjective)
  • Unsustaining,
  • incidental to,
  • defenseless,
  • regulated by,
  • poor,
  • Clinging,
  • subject to,
  • relying on,
  • tied to apron strings,
  • accessory to,
  • relative,
  • vulnerable,
  • conditional,
  • debased,
  • under thumb,
  • counting,
  • reliant,
  • Depending,
  • trusting,
  • under control of,
  • provisory,
  • immature,
  • liable to,
  • indigent,
  • Relying,
  • sustained by,
  • susceptible,
  • Abased,
  • reckoning,
  • controlled by,
  • counting on,
  • humbled.
  •derivative (adjective)
  • rehashed,
  • hereditary,
  • plagiarized,
  • inferential,
  • acquired,
  • unoriginal,
  • plagiaristic,
  • Caused,
  • Obtained,
  • secondhand,
  • coming from,
  • uninventive,
  • connate,
  • imitative,
  • ancestral,
  • not original,
  • Procured,
  • Inferred,
  • copied,
  • Evolved,
  • cognate.
  •incidental (adjective)
  • random,
  • accidental,
  • adventitious,
  • contributing,
  • by-the-way,
  • fortuitous,
  • circumstantial,
  • contingent,
  • irregular,
  • nonessential,
  • odd,
  • coincidental,
  • occasional,
  • fluke,
  • chance,
  • casual.
  •inconsiderable (adjective)
  • of no account,
  • nugatory.
  •inferior (adjective)
  • less,
  • bottom,
  • subjacent,
  • entry-level,
  • second-banana,
  • bottom-rung,
  • nether,
  • back seat,
  • minus,
  • menial.
  •less (adjective)
  • diminished,
  • beneath,
  • Slighter,
  • Without,
  • fewer,
  • shortened,
  • shorter,
  • deficient,
  • not as great,
  • negative,
  • depressed,
  • Declined,
  • Excepting,
  • reduced,
  • lacking,
  • unsubstantial,
  • Subtracting,
  • limited.
  •lesser (adjective)
  • small,
  • bush-league,
  • dinky,
  • a notch under,
  • small-fry,
  • less important,
  • minor-league,
  • bush,
  • small-time,
  • undersized,
  • third-string.
  •lower (adjective)
  • lessened,
  • lower rung,
  • second-class,
  • pared down,
  • decreased,
  • Curtailed.
  •lowly (adjective)
  • humble,
  • lowborn,
  • gentle,
  • meek,
  • plebeian,
  • servile,
  • ordinary,
  • obscure,
  • docile,
  • retiring,
  • commonplace,
  • ignoble,
  • obsequious,
  • dutiful,
  • mean,
  • unassuming,
  • unpretentious,
  • mundane,
  • base,
  • proletarian,
  • common,
  • prosaic,
  • modest,
  • everyday,
  • withdrawing,
  • reverential,
  • mild,
  • average,
  • baseborn,
  • cast down,
  • simple.
  •minor (adjective)
  • tacky,
  • unimportant,
  • slight,
  • younger,
  • inconsiderable,
  • two-bit,
  • trifling,
  • piddling,
  • petty,
  • trivial,
  • inconsequential,
  • negligible,
  • light,
  • below the mark.
  •obsequious (adjective)
  • crouching,
  • kowtowing,
  • complacent,
  • ingratiating,
  • oily,
  • brownnosing,
  • cringing,
  • Toadying,
  • deferential,
  • parasitic,
  • enslaved,
  • sneaking,
  • compliant,
  • flattering,
  • respectful,
  • Obeisant,
  • abject,
  • sniveling,
  • Compliable,
  • parasitical,
  • stipendiary,
  • sycophantic,
  • beggarly,
  • unctuous,
  • prostrate,
  • spineless,
  • slavish,
  • fawning.
  •parenthetical (adjective)
  • explanatory,
  • qualifying,
  • by the way,
  • in parenthesis,
  • extraneous,
  • Interposed,
  • incidental,
  • episodic,
  • Bracketed,
  • intermediate,
  • Inserted,
  • extrinsic.
  •petty (adjective)
  • inconsequent,
  • peanut,
  • little,
  • inessential,
  • nickel-and-dime,
  • cheap,
  • irrelevant,
  • measly,
  • picayune,
  • narrow-minded,
  • frivolous,
  • contemptible,
  • shoestring,
  • small-minded,
  • scratch,
  • penny-ante,
  • niggling,
  • shallow,
  • pettifogging,
  • shabby.
  •reliant (adjective)
  • conditioned.
  •secondary (adjective)
  • resultant,
  • vicarious,
  • proximate,
  • Borrowed,
  • derivational,
  • Derivate,
  • resulting,
  • indirect,
  • eventual,
  • subsequent,
  • consequent,
  • developed,
  • derived,
  • second-hand.
  •side (adjective)
  • off-center,
  • sideward,
  • oblique,
  • sideways,
  • skirting,
  • sidewise,
  • not the main,
  • marginal,
  • postern,
  • sidelong,
  • superficial.
  •subject (adjective)
  • at one's feet,
  • disposed,
  • likely,
  • governed,
  • accountable,
  • prone,
  • liable,
  • provisional,
  • subjugated,
  • obedient,
  • in danger of,
  • open,
  • controlled,
  • exposed,
  • apt,
  • bound by,
  • tentative,
  • sensitive,
  • directed,
  • ruled,
  • captive.
  •subordinate (adjective)
  • dependent,
  • Subalternate,
  • subsidiary,
  • subservient,
  • underaverage,
  • minor,
  • submissive,
  • accessory,
  • adjuvant,
  • contributory,
  • sub,
  • subject,
  • junior,
  • below par,
  • baser,
  • under,
  • subaltern,
  • lower,
  • auxiliary,
  • smaller,
  • ancillary,
  • second-fiddle,
  • unequal,
  • paltry,
  • tributary,
  • low,
  • satellite,
  • collateral,
  • insignificant,
  • second-string,
  • inferior,
  • subnormal,
  • secondary,
  • Substract.
  •subservient (adjective)
  • helpful,
  • supplemental,
  • serviceable,
  • supplementary,
  • conducive,
  • instrumental.
  •subsidiary (adjective)
  • cooperative,
  • Assisting,
  • Aiding,
  • tributory,
  • branch,
  • useful.
  •supervenient (adjective)
  • adscititious.
  •tributary (adjective)
  • shoot,
  • feeding.
  •unwashed (adjective)
  • Declassed,
  • vulgar.

• adv.

  •under (adverb)
  • belonging,
  • subsumed,
  • following,
  • in the power of,
  • corollary,
  • reporting,
  • included,
  • Obeying,
  • amenable.

• n.

  •accessory (noun)
  • co-conspirator,
  • confederate,
  • partner,
  • accomplice,
  • insider,
  • stall,
  • plant,
  • shill,
  • conspirator,
  • colleague,
  • ringer,
  • abettor,
  • associate,
  • aid,
  • subordinate.
  •adjunct (noun)
  • appendage,
  • addendum,
  • supplement,
  • appurtenance,
  • appendix,
  • detail,
  • complement.
  •assistant (noun)
  • apprentice,
  • backer,
  • backup,
  • fellow worker,
  • coadjutor,
  • friend,
  • appointee,
  • temporary worker,
  • companion,
  • supporter,
  • secretary,
  • helpmate,
  • follower,
  • temp,
  • mate,
  • collaborator,
  • adherent,
  • right-hand person,
  • ally,
  • Coadjutant,
  • cooperator,
  • help,
  • representative,
  • patron,
  • adjunct.
  •auxiliary (noun)
  • crutch,
  • adjutant.
  •deputy (noun)
  • regent,
  • substitute,
  • replacement,
  • surrogate,
  • commissioner,
  • proxy,
  • Representant,
  • delegate,
  • second-in-command,
  • minister,
  • Councilor,
  • ambassador,
  • factor,
  • assembly member,
  • lieutenant,
  • dogcatcher,
  • legate.
  •helper (noun)
  • Man Friday,
  • gal Friday,
  • Girl Friday,
  • henchman,
  • paraprofessional.
  •henchman (noun)
  • cohort,
  • bodyguard,
  • yes-person,
  • lackey,
  • hanger-on,
  • stooge,
  • sidekick.
  •inferior (noun)
  • minion,
  • second banana,
  • disciple,
  • hireling,
  • sycophant.
  •lackey (noun)
  • domestic,
  • butler,
  • flunkey,
  • steward,
  • valet,
  • toady,
  • factotum,
  • retainer,
  • drudge,
  • doormat.
  •minion (noun)
  • backslapper,
  • backscratcher,
  • flatterer,
  • parasite,
  • brownnoser,
  • puppet,
  • fawner,
  • groupie,
  • fan,
  • bootlicker.
  •reliever (noun)
  • succorer.
  •subject (noun)
  • client,
  • national,
  • customer,
  • patient,
  • vassal,
  • case,
  • guinea pig,
  • liege.
  •subordinate (noun)
  • deputy,
  • aide,
  • underling,
  • slave,
  • flunky,
  • second,
  • second string,
  • assistant,
  • third string,
  • peon,
  • attendant,
  • serf,
  • servant,
  • scrub,
  • gofer,
  • second fiddle,
  • poor relation,
  • helper.
  •succorer (noun)
  • reliever.
  •vassal (noun)
  • bondman,
  • varlet,
  • liegeman,
  • ESNE,
  • helot,
  • tenant,
  • peasant,
  • thrall,
  • beneficiary.
  •yeoman (noun)
  • commoner,
  • freeholder,
  • churl,
  • clerk,
  • farmer.

• prep.

  •below (preposition)
  • unworthy,
  • lesser.
  •beneath (preposition)
  • less than,
  • unworthy of,
  • underneath,
  • lower than,
  • below,
  • unbefitting.

• v.

  •overwhelm (verb)
  • demoralize,
  • run circles around,
  • bowl over,
  • drown,
  • dumbfound,
  • render speechless,
  • confuse,
  • wreck,
  • destroy,
  • floor,
  • disturb,
  • shock,
  • confound,
  • downgrade,
  • puzzle,
  • upset,
  • bewilder,
  • stagger,
  • kill,
  • overcome,
  • stun,
  • surprise,
  • blow out of the water,
  • swamp,
  • overpower,
  • steamroller,
  • shatter,
  • do in.

Antonyms for Sub-ordinate:

• adj.

  • ancillary
    needed.
  • auxiliary
    body.
  • collateral
    dissimilar, unrelated, different, direct, independent.
  • dependent
    mature, unreliant, free.
  • derivative
    original, Unborrowed, unique, inventive.
  • incidental
    decided, fundamental, deliberate, planned, premeditated, basic, designed, essential.
  • inferior
    better, foremost, extraordinary, best.
  • less
    greater, bigger.
  • lesser
    significant.
  • lower
    increased, elevated.
  • lowly
    noble, pretentious, lofty.
  • minor
    big, useful, large, worthwhile, adult, consequential.
  • obsequious
    brazen, presumptuous, arrogant, assertive, confident.
  • petty
    huge, prominent, enormous, great, immense.
  • secondary
    causative.
  • side
    straightforward, serious.
  • subject
    guarded, protected, definite, safe, unaccountable, sure, unsusceptible, certain, inapt, irresponsible, unlikely.
  • subordinate
    important, source, chief, first-class, main, vital, necessary, first-rate, strong, primary, superior, major.
  • subservient
    unhelpful, useless, controlling, domineering, unnecessary.

• adv.

  • under
    upward, up.

• n.

  • accessory
    foe, principal, antagonist, enemy, opponent.
  • adjunct
    lessening, subtraction, detriment.
  • assistant
    detractor, stranger, adversary.
  • helper
    opposer.
  • reliever
    hindrance, obstruction, injury, blockage.
  • subject
    owner.
  • subordinate
    leader, master, manager, boss.

• prep.

  • below
    more, over, above.
  • beneath
    higher.

• v.

  • overwhelm
    not impress, create, help, assist, explain, yield, order, surrender, enlighten, comfort, organize, aid, clear up, clarify, underwhelm.