| subject | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. subject, theme, topic | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion.; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ bone of contention | the subject of a dispute.; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money" |
| ~ precedent | a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time). |
| ~ question, head | the subject matter at issue.; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets" |
| ~ keynote | the principal theme in a speech or literary work. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. content, depicted object, subject | 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" |
| ~ thing | a separate and self-contained entity. |
| ~ scene, view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. bailiwick, discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field | a branch of knowledge.; "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings" |
| ~ occultism | the study of the supernatural. |
| ~ communication theory, communications | the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.).; "communications is his major field of study" |
| ~ major | the principal field of study of a student at a university.; "her major is linguistics" |
| ~ frontier | an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development.; "he worked at the frontier of brain science" |
| ~ genealogy | the study or investigation of ancestry and family history. |
| ~ allometry | the study of the relative growth of a part of an organism in relation to the growth of the whole. |
| ~ bibliotics | the scientific study of documents and handwriting etc. especially to determine authorship or authenticity. |
| ~ ology | an informal word (abstracted from words with this ending) for some unidentified branch of knowledge. |
| ~ knowledge base, knowledge domain, domain | the content of a particular field of knowledge. |
| ~ science, scientific discipline | a particular branch of scientific knowledge.; "the science of genetics" |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| ~ applied science, engineering science, engineering, technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems.; "he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study" |
| ~ futuristics, futurology | the study or prediction of future developments on the basis of existing conditions. |
| ~ arts, humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts | studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills).; "the college of arts and sciences" |
| ~ theology, divinity | the rational and systematic study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truth. |
| ~ military science | the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare. |
| ~ escapology | the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment). |
| ~ graphology | the study of handwriting (especially as an indicator of the writer's character or disposition). |
| ~ numerology | the study of the supposed occult influence of numbers on human affairs. |
| ~ protology | the study of origins and first things.; "To Christians, protology refers to God's fundamental purpose for humanity" |
| ~ theogony | the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. issue, matter, subject, topic | some situation or event that is thought about.; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ area | a subject of study.; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..." |
| ~ blind spot | a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment.; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it" |
| ~ remit | the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with.; "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life" |
| ~ res adjudicata, res judicata | a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again. |
| n. (communication) | 5. subject | (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated. |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
| ~ grammatical constituent, constituent | (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction. |
| n. (person) | 6. case, guinea pig, subject | 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"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| n. (person) | 7. national, subject | a person who owes allegiance to that nation.; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ nation, country, land | the people who live in a nation or country.; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" |
| ~ citizen | a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community. |
| ~ compatriot | a person from your own country. |
| ~ nationalist, patriot | one who loves and defends his or her country. |
| n. (communication) | 8. subject | (logic) the first term of a proposition. |
| ~ logic | the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference. |
| ~ term | one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition.; "the major term of a syllogism must occur twice" |
| v. (perception) | 9. subject | cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to.; "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation" |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ bacterise, bacterize | subject to the action of bacteria. |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| ~ vitriol | expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol. |
| ~ put | cause (someone) to undergo something.; "He put her to the torture" |
| ~ shipwreck | cause to experience shipwreck.; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea" |
| ~ refract | subject to refraction.; "refract a light beam" |
| ~ expose | expose or make accessible to some action or influence.; "Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine" |
| ~ expose | expose to light, of photographic film. |
| ~ incur | make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to.; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health" |
| v. (competition) | 10. subject | make accountable for.; "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors" |
| ~ submit | yield to the control of another. |
| v. (social) | 11. subject, subjugate | make subservient; force to submit or subdue. |
| ~ dragoon | subjugate by imposing troops. |
| ~ enslave | make a slave of; bring into servitude. |
| ~ dominate, master | have dominance or the power to defeat over.; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems" |
| v. (communication) | 12. subject, submit | refer for judgment or consideration.; "The lawyers submitted the material to the court" |
| ~ give | submit for consideration, judgment, or use.; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse" |
| ~ return | submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority.; "submit a bill to a legislative body" |
| ~ refer | send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision.; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee" |
| ~ relegate, pass on, submit | refer to another person for decision or judgment.; "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues" |
| adj. | 13. capable, open, subject | possibly accepting or permitting.; "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation" |
| ~ susceptible | (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of.; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof" |
| adj. | 14. dependent, subject | being under the power or sovereignty of another or others.; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" |
| ~ subordinate | subject or submissive to authority or the control of another.; "a subordinate kingdom" |
| adj. | 15. subject | likely to be affected by something.; "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression" |
| ~ affected | acted upon; influenced. |
| member | | |
| n. (person) | 1. fellow member, member | one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization).; "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family" |
| ~ areopagite | a member of the council of the Areopagus. |
| ~ associate | a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor.; "he had to consult his associate before continuing" |
| ~ brother | a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group).; "none of his brothers would betray him" |
| ~ cabalist | a member of a cabal. |
| ~ charter member | one of the original members when an organization was founded. |
| ~ commissioner | a member of a commission. |
| ~ committee member | a member of a committee. |
| ~ council member, councillor | a member of a council. |
| ~ conservative | a member of a Conservative Party. |
| ~ fellow | a member of a learned society.; "he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association" |
| ~ homeboy | a fellow male member of a youth gang. |
| ~ homegirl | a fellow female member of a youth gang. |
| ~ huddler | a member of a huddle. |
| ~ inductee | a person inducted into an organization or social group.; "Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National Baseball Hall of Fame" |
| ~ joiner | a person who likes to join groups. |
| ~ kibbutznik | a member of a kibbutz. |
| ~ kolkhoznik | a member of a kolkhoz. |
| ~ board member | a member of a governing board. |
| ~ clan member, clansman, clanswoman | a member of a clan. |
| ~ club member | someone who is a member of a club. |
| ~ pledge | someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group. |
| ~ rosicrucian | a member of a secret 17th-century society of philosophers and scholars versed in mystical and metaphysical and alchemical lore. |
| ~ rosicrucian | a member of any of various organizations that subsequently derived from the 17th-century society. |
| ~ rotarian | a member of a Rotary Club. |
| ~ sister | a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group.; "none of her sisters would betray her" |
| ~ sodalist | a member of a sodality. |
| ~ tribesman | someone who lives in a tribe. |
| n. (linkdef) | 2. member | anything that belongs to a set or class.; "snakes are members of the class Reptilia"; "members of the opposite sex" |
| ~ component part, part, portion, component, constituent | something determined in relation to something that includes it.; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" |
| n. (body) | 3. appendage, extremity, member | an external body part that projects from the body.; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" |
| ~ chelicera | either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing. |
| ~ mouthpart | any part of the mouth of an insect or other arthropod especially one adapted to a specific way of feeding. |
| ~ fang | an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs. |
| ~ chela, nipper, pincer, claw | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods. |
| ~ parapodium | one of a pair of fleshy appendages of a polychete annelid that functions in locomotion and breathing. |
| ~ fin | organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals. |
| ~ pleopod, swimmeret | one of the paired abdominal appendages of certain aquatic crustaceans that function primarily for carrying the eggs in females and are usually adapted for swimming. |
| ~ external body part | any body part visible externally. |
| ~ limb | one of the jointed appendages of an animal used for locomotion or grasping: arm; leg; wing; flipper. |
| ~ dactyl, digit | a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates. |
| n. (group) | 4. member | an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations).; "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations" |
| ~ social unit, unit | an organization regarded as part of a larger social group.; "the coach said the offensive unit did a good job"; "after the battle the soldier had trouble rejoining his unit" |
| n. (body) | 5. member, penis, phallus | the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism). |
| ~ glans penis | the conical mass of erectile tissue that forms the head of the penis. |
| ~ vena bulbi penis | vein of the head of the penis; tributary of the internal pudendal vein that drains the perineum. |
| ~ urethra | duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct. |
| ~ male reproductive system | the reproductive system of males. |
| ~ family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals | external male sex organs. |
| ~ erectile organ | an organ containing erectile tissue. |
| ~ cock, pecker, dick, peter, putz, prick, tool, shaft | obscene terms for penis. |
| ~ micropenis, microphallus | an abnormally small penis. |
| ~ foreskin, prepuce | a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis. |
| belong | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. belong | be owned by; be in the possession of.; "This book belongs to me" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 2. belong | be suitable or acceptable.; "This student somehow doesn't belong" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 3. belong, go | be in the right place or situation.; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| v. (stative) | 4. belong | be rightly classified in a class or category.; "The whales belong among the mammals" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 5. belong | be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place).; "They belong to the same political party" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 6. belong, belong to | be a part or adjunct.; "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong" |
| ~ inhere | be inherent in something. |
| ~ appertain, pertain | be a part or attribute of. |
| include | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. include | have as a part, be made up out of.; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" |
| ~ contain, comprise, incorporate | include or contain; have as a component.; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" |
| ~ embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover | include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory.; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| ~ involve | contain as a part.; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" |
| ~ subsume | contain or include.; "This new system subsumes the old one" |
| ~ contain, bear, carry, hold | contain or hold; have within.; "The jar carries wine"; "The canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" |
| ~ inhere in, attach to | be part of.; "This problem inheres in the design" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. include | consider as part of something.; "I include you in the list of culprits" |
| ~ count | include as if by counting.; "I can count my colleagues in the opposition" |
| ~ colligate, subsume | consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle. |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ carry | include, as on a list.; "How many people are carried on the payroll?" |
| v. (change) | 3. include | add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category.; "We must include this chemical element in the group" |
| ~ chemical science, chemistry | the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions. |
| ~ add | make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of.; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
| v. (social) | 4. admit, include, let in | allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" |
| ~ countenance, permit, allow, let | consent to, give permission.; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" |
| ~ admit, take on, accept, take | admit into a group or community.; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" |
| ~ induct, initiate | accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite.; "African men are initiated when they reach puberty" |
| ~ readmit | admit again or anew.; "After paying a penalty, the player was readmitted" |
| ~ involve | engage as a participant.; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" |
| pertain | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on | be relevant to.; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" |
| ~ allude, advert, touch | make a more or less disguised reference to.; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" |
| ~ center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around | center upon.; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" |
| ~ go for, apply, hold | be pertinent or relevant or applicable.; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" |
| ~ involve, affect, regard | connect closely and often incriminatingly.; "This new ruling affects your business" |
| ~ matter to, interest | be of importance or consequence.; "This matters to me!" |
| v. (stative) | 2. appertain, pertain | be a part or attribute of. |
| ~ belong to, belong | be a part or adjunct.; "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong" |
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