What is another word for subjugate?
1221 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ sˈʌbd͡ʒuːɡˌe͡ɪt], [ sˈʌbdʒuːɡˌeɪt], [ s_ˈʌ_b_dʒ_uː_ɡ_ˌeɪ_t]
Subjugate is a verb that refers to the act of imposing one's will or dominance over another person or group, often through force or coercion. Some common synonyms for this word include dominate, conquer, oppress, suppress, enslave, subject, control, and overcome. These words all capture the idea of exerting power or authority over others, either by force or by manipulating their behavior or beliefs. Other related words might include intimidate, coerce, or subdue, which all refer to the use of force or threats to achieve one's goals. Regardless of which word is used, the concept of subjugation implies a power imbalance, with one group or individual exerting control over others.
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Similar words for subjugate:
- quash (noun)
- conquer (verb)
- control (verb)
- crush (verb)
- defeat (verb)
- disarm (verb)
- dominate (verb)
- enslave (verb)
- enthrall (verb)
- oppress (verb)
- overcome (verb)
- overpower (verb)
- overpower, defeat (verb)
- overthrow (verb)
- preponderate (verb)
- quell (verb)
- reduce (verb)
- repress (verb)
- rout (verb)
- social (verb)
- subdue (verb)
- subordinate (verb)
- tame (verb)
- tread (verb)
- unhorse (verb)
- other synonyms
- control
- defeat
- dominate
- other relevant words
- preponderate
- settle
- tread
Synonyms for Subjugate:
n.
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- best,
- ace,
- prevail against,
- whip,
- lick.
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- fall.
v.
• conquer (verb)- getting better of,
- over mastering,
- sur mount,
- bringing knees,
- gets better of,
- tramples underfoot,
- over ridden,
- gotten the better of,
- sub-jugate,
- trampled underfoot,
- over masters,
- pre-vails,
- wipes map,
- got better of,
- sur mounting,
- dis-comfits,
- pre-vail,
- over rides,
- gat the better of,
- over-mastered,
- over-riding,
- wipes off map,
- out-witting,
- over-mastering,
- out witting,
- bring knees,
- gets the better of,
- getting the better of,
- sur-mount,
- brings knees,
- got the better of,
- pre vail,
- sur-mounted,
- over-rides,
- sur mounted,
- over-master,
- pre vails,
- wiping map,
- gotten better of,
- wipe map,
- over master,
- over mastered,
- over-masters,
- dis-comfit,
- pre vailed,
- dis comfit,
- gat better of,
- dis comfits,
- pre vailing,
- sur mounts,
- trampling underfoot,
- wiped map,
- wiped off map,
- get better of,
- bringing to knees,
- out-wits,
- out wits,
- brought knees,
- over ride,
- out-witted,
- brings to knees,
- sub jugate,
- out-wit,
- brought to knees,
- wiping off map,
- over-ridden,
- sur-mounting,
- over rode,
- sur-mounts,
- pre-vailed,
- over-rode,
- over riding,
- out witted.
- runs things,
- pre dominating,
- holds the reins,
- be saddle,
- calls signals,
- over-see,
- running the show,
- over looks,
- super vising,
- holding purse strings,
- is saddle,
- calling the signals,
- ran things,
- over-looking,
- over sees,
- over seen,
- super vised,
- heading up,
- is in saddle,
- wert saddle,
- super intended,
- ran show,
- called the signals,
- calling signals,
- holding reins,
- over looked,
- super-intended,
- pre-dominates,
- were saddle,
- super-vised,
- reigned over,
- over see,
- over-seen,
- over-looks,
- held purse strings,
- wert in saddle,
- are in saddle,
- running show,
- pushing buttons,
- reigns over,
- held reins,
- over-look,
- pushed buttons,
- call signals,
- am saddle,
- holds reins,
- super-intend,
- are saddle,
- being saddle,
- holding sway over,
- reigning over,
- pre-dominated,
- super intend,
- holds sway over,
- being in saddle,
- super intending,
- art saddle,
- runs show,
- pre dominate,
- pushes buttons,
- over-sees,
- holds purse strings,
- super-intending,
- wast in saddle,
- called signals,
- calls the signals,
- over-saw,
- over look,
- held the reins,
- pre-dominate,
- run show,
- ran the show,
- pre-dominating,
- quarterbacked,
- super vise,
- were in saddle,
- pre dominated,
- over seeing,
- wast saddle,
- runs the show,
- super-intends,
- over saw,
- pre dominates,
- was in saddle,
- art in saddle,
- over-seeing,
- held sway over,
- super-vise,
- was saddle,
- super intends,
- hold reins.
- quelching,
- blots out,
- quelched,
- over whelm,
- quelches,
- over-whelming,
- over whelming,
- over whelms,
- over-whelm,
- forcing down,
- forced down,
- over-whelmed,
- forces down,
- over whelmed,
- over-whelms,
- blows away,
- blowing away.
- de-feats,
- up-set,
- taking wind out sails,
- out maneuvered,
- un doing,
- out-maneuvering,
- be sting,
- out flanked,
- up sets,
- dis proves,
- dis concerts,
- dis-proving,
- in-validated,
- re pulse,
- prevailing over,
- co oked,
- de feats,
- up-setting,
- dis concerted,
- counterplots,
- dis-appointed,
- be-sting,
- dis-appointing,
- dis-concerted,
- un-does,
- un done,
- out-maneuver,
- nosing out,
- dis appointing,
- re pulsing,
- re-pulses,
- un does,
- prevailed over,
- took wind out of sails,
- dis-appoints,
- dis prove,
- de feat,
- takes wind out sails,
- finishing off,
- out-maneuvered,
- beat system,
- dis-concerts,
- out-flanked,
- out-flank,
- in validated,
- out-maneuvers,
- in validates,
- dis appointed,
- out flanks,
- over-running,
- out flank,
- re pulsed,
- re pulses,
- un-did,
- took wind out sails,
- over-turning,
- counter plotted,
- over-turns,
- causes setback,
- beating system,
- rolled back,
- counter plotting,
- take wind out sails,
- over running,
- putting end to,
- dis concert,
- in-validating,
- counter-plotted,
- co-oked,
- co-oking,
- over run,
- re-pulsing,
- dis proving,
- threw for loop,
- nosed out,
- finishes off,
- counter-plots,
- un-doing,
- dis concerting,
- noses out,
- rolling back,
- in-validates,
- dis proved,
- dis-concert,
- rolls back,
- in-validate,
- de-feat,
- re-pulsed,
- re-pulse,
- out-flanks,
- beats system,
- dis appoints,
- beats the system,
- counter-plotting,
- up setting,
- dis appoint,
- throws for loop,
- co oking,
- over turns,
- beats down,
- taking wind out of sails,
- counter plots,
- dis-prove,
- causing setback,
- out-flanking,
- over turning,
- counter plot,
- beating down,
- beating the system,
- in validating,
- caused setback,
- casts down,
- up-sets,
- throwing for loop,
- puts end to,
- out maneuvers,
- dis-proves,
- in validate,
- dis-proved,
- out maneuvering,
- out flanking,
- over-turn,
- dis-concerting,
- dis-appoint,
- takes wind out of sails,
- over runs,
- prevails over,
- un did.
- dis armed,
- de-mobilize,
- un arms,
- dis-banded,
- de activating,
- de mobilize,
- de-mobilizing,
- de militarizes,
- in-capacitates,
- de escalate,
- un armed,
- dis arming,
- dis-band,
- de-escalates,
- dis banding,
- dis qualifies,
- dis-qualifies,
- dis-bands,
- in-capacitating,
- dis banded,
- de-militarized,
- de-escalating,
- in capacitates,
- demilitarizing,
- dis qualify,
- in capacitate,
- de-mobilized,
- de-escalated,
- in capacitated,
- de activate,
- un-armed,
- de militarizing,
- dis-qualify,
- de militarized,
- dis-qualifying,
- de-militarizes,
- dis-banding,
- de activated,
- de activates,
- de escalating,
- dis-qualified,
- dis bands,
- un-arms,
- dis-arming,
- de mobilized,
- de-mobilizes,
- de-activate,
- dis band,
- de-militarize,
- de escalated,
- dis-arms,
- in capacitating,
- un arming,
- dis qualified,
- deescalates,
- dis arms,
- in-capacitate,
- de militarize,
- un-arming,
- de-activates,
- de escalates,
- demilitarizes,
- dis-armed,
- de mobilizing,
- in-capacitated,
- de-militarizing,
- dis qualifying,
- de mobilizes.
- hast one way,
- over ruled,
- super abounding,
- rule roost,
- had ones way,
- sitting on top of,
- leading by the nose,
- out shining,
- out-shone,
- over-born,
- over-bears,
- has one way,
- over born,
- had way,
- overborn,
- sate on top of,
- having one way,
- hadst upper hand,
- over-shadows,
- lay down law,
- hath upper hand,
- had one's way,
- hast way,
- haddest one's way,
- hast ones way,
- out-shines,
- super abound,
- lead by nose,
- leads by the nose,
- having ones way,
- over bearing,
- laid down law,
- haddest ones way,
- laid down the law,
- super abounded,
- over-rules,
- playing first fiddle,
- sate top of,
- keeps under thumb,
- over-bore,
- sitting top of,
- superabounding,
- overbore,
- kept under thumb,
- over shadows,
- out-shining,
- out shines,
- super-abound,
- over-shadowed,
- super abounds,
- has ones way,
- superabounds,
- out shined,
- over-rule,
- hast one's way,
- haddest one way,
- over-ruling,
- hadst way,
- has one's way,
- out shine,
- lays down the law,
- had upper hand,
- sits on top of,
- hadst one way,
- leading by nose,
- over borne,
- out shone,
- over shadow,
- detracts from,
- over ruling,
- keeping under thumb,
- sit top of,
- had one way,
- hadst ones way,
- have way,
- has way,
- Over-bearing,
- super-abounds,
- sits top of,
- over-shadowing,
- over rule,
- over bore,
- hath way,
- over shadowed,
- over-shadow,
- played first fiddle,
- led by nose,
- detracting from,
- sat on top of,
- sat top of,
- over shadowing,
- superabounded,
- haddest way,
- having way,
- lays down law,
- hast upper hand,
- super-abounding,
- having one's way,
- leads by nose,
- over-ruled,
- hath one way,
- super-abounded,
- hath ones way,
- out-shined,
- hadst one's way,
- over-borne,
- laying down the law,
- out-shine,
- has upper hand,
- having upper hand,
- laying down law,
- over bear,
- have one way,
- plays first fiddle,
- over rules,
- over bears,
- haddest upper hand,
- have ones way,
- detracted from,
- hath one's way.
- dis-enfranchises,
- gotten hooks into,
- put irons,
- dis-franchised,
- dis franchised,
- dis enfranchised,
- re-strains,
- dis-franchising,
- dis enfranchise,
- got hooks in to,
- gat hooks into,
- re-straining,
- gets hooks into,
- dis franchises,
- dis franchise,
- dis franchising,
- re-strict,
- dis enfranchises,
- shuts in,
- re straining,
- puts irons,
- putting in irons,
- dis-franchises,
- re-strain,
- in-denture,
- gat hooks in to,
- in-dentures,
- got hooks into,
- dis-enfranchising,
- getting hooks into,
- putting irons,
- re strained,
- disenfranchises,
- disfranchises,
- shutting in,
- re-strained,
- dis-franchise,
- re strain,
- dis enfranchising,
- in dentures,
- re strains,
- dis-enfranchise,
- gotten hooks in to,
- dis-enfranchised,
- getting hooks in to,
- gets hooks in to,
- get hooks in to,
- puts in irons,
- re strict,
- in denture.
- be witches,
- pre occupying,
- be witching,
- rivetting,
- be guile,
- be-witched,
- be-guiles,
- pre-occupy,
- holding spellbound,
- rivetted,
- pre-occupied,
- be guiles,
- be-guile,
- holds spellbound,
- pre occupy,
- be witched,
- held spellbound,
- pre occupies,
- pre-occupying,
- be-witches,
- pre occupied,
- pre-occupies,
- be witch,
- be-witching,
- be-witch.
- out-raged,
- putting screws to,
- tyrranizing,
- dis tressed,
- putting up on,
- dis-hearten,
- weighs heavy upon,
- over-load,
- dis-heartens,
- dis-heartening,
- weighing heavy up on,
- puts the squeeze on,
- dis-heartened,
- dis-tress,
- over loads,
- out rages,
- weighed heavy up on,
- putting the squeeze on,
- put up on,
- over-loading,
- out-raging,
- despotizes,
- puts squeeze on,
- tyrranizes,
- dis-tressed,
- weighs heavy up on,
- weighed heavy upon,
- out-rage,
- weighing heavy upon,
- keeps down,
- dis heartens,
- weigh heavy up on,
- over-loaded,
- despotized,
- dis heartening,
- over loading,
- out raged,
- over loaded,
- over load,
- puts up on,
- putting squeeze on,
- despotizing,
- puts upon,
- dis hearten,
- dis heartened,
- puts screws to,
- tyrranized,
- dis tress,
- over-loads,
- dis-tresses,
- putting upon,
- keeping down,
- dis tresses,
- out-rages.
- coming out on top,
- come out top,
- out-lives,
- gets around,
- over-comes,
- comes out on top,
- are victorious,
- over came,
- out-living,
- gat around,
- over-came,
- am victorious,
- over comes,
- came out top,
- rises above,
- wert victorious,
- over coming,
- wast victorious,
- rose above,
- comes out top,
- out live,
- over-coming,
- triumphing over,
- out-lived,
- art victorious,
- knocked socks off,
- gotten around,
- out living,
- out lives,
- were victorious,
- out lived,
- came out on top,
- knocks over,
- knocking socks off,
- over-come,
- triumphs over,
- knocks socks off,
- knocking over,
- triumphed over,
- over come,
- out-live,
- coming out top,
- being victorious.
- over powered,
- taking care of,
- over powering,
- over-powered,
- over-powering,
- over-power,
- shellacks,
- over-powers,
- rolling over,
- rolls over,
- over power,
- laid one out,
- laying one out,
- lays one out,
- rolled over,
- over powers.
- bear down,
- triumph,
- coerce,
- put down,
- hold sway,
- reel back in,
- rule over,
- suppress,
- rule,
- compel,
- force,
- kick around.
- de-throned,
- de-posed,
- un seated,
- de throne,
- de thrones,
- puts an end to,
- up-ending,
- un seating,
- over thrown,
- ex terminates,
- bring ruin,
- ex terminating,
- ex-terminating,
- over throw,
- over-throwing,
- de-throne,
- ex terminate,
- un-seat,
- ex-terminated,
- over threw,
- un seat,
- ex-terminate,
- over-throw,
- ex terminated,
- un-seated,
- over-throws,
- de posing,
- un-seating,
- ex-terminates,
- un seats,
- up-ended,
- de-throning,
- de-posing,
- brought ruin,
- over throwing,
- de pose,
- bringing to ruin,
- up ends,
- de throned,
- de posed,
- over-thrown,
- up-ends,
- top pled,
- brings ruin,
- up ended,
- de throning,
- brings to ruin,
- un-seats,
- over-threw,
- up ending,
- de-thrones,
- over throws,
- de-pose.
- gridlocking,
- re-pressed,
- keeps check,
- re pressing,
- re press,
- kept check,
- re-pressing,
- keeps in,
- throwing cold water on,
- re pressed,
- keeping check,
- re-press,
- jamming up,
- keeping under wraps,
- jammed up,
- simmering down,
- kept under wraps,
- re-presses,
- re presses,
- keeps in check,
- simmers down,
- jams up,
- simmered down,
- threw cold water on,
- keeps under wraps,
- kept in check,
- throws cold water on,
- keep check.
- cleaned on,
- cleaning on,
- blew out of water,
- drave off,
- de stroy,
- cutting pieces,
- de-stroys,
- cuts pieces,
- cleans on,
- cleaning upon,
- putting to flight,
- puts flight,
- cleans upon,
- blow out water,
- blowing out water,
- blows out water,
- drove off,
- de stroying,
- de-stroy,
- de-stroyed,
- blowing out of water,
- cleans up on,
- put flight,
- de stroys,
- cleaned upon,
- putting flight,
- clean upon,
- blew out water,
- driving off,
- blows out of water,
- cut pieces,
- cutting to pieces,
- de stroyed,
- de-stroying,
- clean on,
- cuts to pieces,
- cleaned up on,
- cleaning up on,
- puts to flight,
- drives off.
- gets upper hand,
- gat the upper hand,
- got upper hand,
- sub due,
- gotten under control,
- sub-dues,
- gotten the upper hand,
- getting upper hand,
- getting under control,
- getting the upper hand,
- gat upper hand,
- gets the upper hand,
- got the upper hand,
- sub-due,
- gat under control,
- gets under control,
- sub dues,
- gotten upper hand,
- got under control.
- breaks the spirit,
- brought to heel,
- bringing to heel,
- housetrains,
- house trained,
- breaking the spirit,
- house-training,
- brought heel,
- breaking spirit,
- bringing heel,
- bring heel,
- breaks spirit,
- house training,
- brings heel,
- domiciliates,
- house-trains,
- housetraining,
- housetrained,
- brake spirit,
- brings to heel,
- broke spirit,
- house train,
- brake the spirit,
- broke the spirit,
- house trains,
- break spirit.
Other synonyms:
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- besiege,
- seize,
- conqueror,
- seizure,
- invader,
- takeover,
- tie down,
- repression,
- recapture,
- dictatorial,
- ethnic cleansing,
- invasion.
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- overrun,
- occupation,
- worst,
- resistance,
- possession.
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- capture.
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- hold.
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- beat.
- disciplined,
- run things,
- Regimenting,
- hold sway over,
- quarterbacking,
- oversees,
- call the signals,
- Subjected,
- holding the reins,
- quarterbacks,
- Overseeing,
- running things,
- piloting,
- Piloted,
- head up,
- heads up,
- deal with,
- be in saddle,
- reign over,
- Subjecting,
- hold purse strings,
- quarterback,
- headed up,
- hold the reins,
- governs,
- predominates,
- run the show,
- Disciplining.
- beat the system,
- over-runs,
- out maneuver,
- reduce,
- shipwreck,
- Counterplotted,
- take wind out of sails,
- throw for loop,
- skunking,
- Shipwrecking,
- up set,
- mowed down,
- Entrapped,
- over turn,
- counterplot,
- mow down,
- casting down,
- neutralize,
- Parried,
- put end to,
- counter-plot,
- torpedoed,
- nose out,
- finish off,
- scatters,
- roll back,
- torpedoing,
- skunked,
- cast down,
- mowing down,
- Torpedoes,
- Blanked,
- Squashing,
- finished off,
- over-run,
- squash,
- Blanking,
- Counterplotting,
- shipwrecks,
- shellac,
- Repulsing,
- prevail over,
- cause setback,
- mows down,
- beat down,
- torpedo.
- sit on top of,
- lead by the nose,
- over-bear,
- play first fiddle,
- overbears,
- have upper hand,
- overborne,
- led by the nose,
- call shots,
- detract from,
- Superabound,
- have one's way,
- Tyrannized,
- lay down the law,
- keep under thumb,
- preponderate,
- overbear.
- overcome,
- corked,
- disfranchise,
- trample underfoot,
- disarm,
- overmastered,
- housebreak,
- bring to heel,
- tread,
- pacifies,
- rising above,
- vanquish,
- enslave,
- put screws to,
- iced,
- whelm,
- knocking down,
- disenfranchising,
- zap,
- upended,
- Bottled,
- get around,
- keep under wraps,
- de-escalate,
- pick on,
- put an end to,
- worsted,
- enchains,
- enchaining,
- roll over,
- overmaster,
- get the upper hand,
- housebroken,
- gentled,
- demilitarized,
- took out,
- whelms,
- enslaved,
- upend,
- trounce,
- Downs,
- housebreaks,
- rivet,
- enchained,
- knock over,
- outwitting,
- oppress,
- upends,
- Trashed,
- Despotize,
- knock socks off,
- overmasters,
- queered,
- upending,
- hold spellbound,
- dominate,
- disenfranchised,
- put the squeeze on,
- put the lid on,
- mesmerize,
- put in irons,
- Larruping,
- over-ride,
- break the spirit,
- keep in check,
- get the better of,
- sit on,
- defeat,
- subdue,
- simmer down,
- larrups,
- bringing ruin,
- took care of,
- housebroke,
- Bottling,
- takes care of,
- Worsting,
- overpower,
- is victorious,
- downing,
- blotting out,
- jam up,
- Domiciliating,
- gridlock,
- weigh heavy upon,
- Indenturing,
- housetrain,
- knock down,
- reducing,
- blew away,
- Disfranchising,
- keeping in check,
- fettered,
- overthrow,
- tyrranize,
- enchain,
- queering,
- knocked over,
- house-trained,
- unhorse,
- Creaming,
- deescalate,
- gentling,
- brought to ruin,
- repress,
- get hooks into,
- crush,
- keeping in,
- kept in,
- put upon,
- kept down,
- demilitarize,
- cut to pieces,
- tame,
- out wit,
- triumph over,
- come out on top,
- hobble,
- shellack,
- drive off,
- gentles,
- wipe off map,
- rise above,
- indenture,
- keep in,
- knocked down,
- disfranchised,
- blot out,
- lay one out,
- put squeeze on,
- occupy,
- saddled,
- clean up on,
- de-activating,
- disenfranchise,
- quell,
- Whelming,
- take care of,
- quelch,
- overmastering,
- conquer,
- blotted out,
- queers,
- rout,
- enthrall,
- bring to knees,
- get upper hand,
- Domiciliated,
- housebreaking,
- get under control,
- unarming,
- gridlocked,
- blow out of water,
- downed,
- knocks down,
- house-train,
- bring to ruin,
- was victorious,
- sitting on,
- unarms,
- deescalated,
- shut in,
- keep down,
- throw cold water on,
- larrup,
- Saddling,
- domiciliate,
- unarm,
- corking,
- Larruped,
- taking out,
- getting around,
- deescalating,
- blow away,
- be victorious,
- Creamed,
- put to flight,
- Whelmed,
- prevails,
- rivets,
- control,
- put lid on,
- Riveted,
- de-activated,
- force down.
How to use "Subjugate" in context?
There are many meanings to the word "subjugate." Webster defines it as "to make subject to; bring under the power of; reduce to a state of subjection." This definition can be applied to both people and objects. When a person is subjugated, they are made to bend to someone else's will. This can be done through physical or mental force. When an object is subjugated, it is made to do work or serve someone else. This can be done through force or through persuasion. In both cases, the subjugated person or object is usually inferior in some way.
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Independent
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Verb, base form
bring, secure, subordinate.
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