Synonyms of the word subaltern


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subaltern

  • adj. Of a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer,…
  • adj. (logic) Asserting only a part of what is asserted in a related proposition.
  • n. A subordinate.
  • n. (Britain) A commissioned officer having a rank below that of captain; a lieutenant or second lieutenant.
  • n. (logic) A subaltern proposition; a proposition implied by a universal proposition. For example, some crows…
  • n. (social sciences) A member of a group that is socially, politically and geographically outside of the…

inferior

  • adj. of lower quality.
  • adj. of lower rank.
  • adj. located below.
  • adj. (botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below…
  • adj. (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract; anterior.
  • adj. (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
  • adj. (astronomy) Below the horizon.
  • n. a person of lower stature to another.

junior

  • adj. (comparable) Low in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
  • adj. (not comparable, often preceded by a possessive adjective or a possessive form of a noun) Younger.
  • adj. (not comparable) Belonging to a younger person, or an earlier time of life.
  • adj. (not comparable, chiefly US) Of or pertaining to a third academic year in a four-year high school (eleventh…
  • n. A younger person.
  • n. A name suffix used after a son's name when his father has the same name (abbreviations: Jnr., Jr., Jun…
  • n. (chiefly US) A third-year student at a high school or university.

lowly

  • adj. Not high; not elevated in place; low.
  • adj. Low in rank or social importance.
  • adj. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
  • adj. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
  • adv. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly.
  • adv. In a low condition; meanly.

petty

  • adj. (obsolete except in set phrases) Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
  • adj. Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
  • adj. Narrow-minded, small-minded.
  • n. (usually in the plural, obsolete) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.
  • n. (now historical) A class or school for young schoolboys.
  • n. (dialect, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

secondary

  • adj. Next in order to the first or primary; of second place in origin, rank, etc.
  • adj. Originating from a deputy or delegated person or body.
  • adj. (organic chemistry) Derived from a parent compound by replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by organic…
  • adj. (geology) produced by alteration or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass.
  • adj. (geology) developed by pressure or other causes.
  • adj. (anatomy) Pertaining to the second joint of the wing of a bird.
  • adj. (medicine) Dependent or consequent upon another disease, or occurring in the second stage of a disease.
  • adj. Of less than primary importance.
  • adj. (education) related to secondary education, i.e. schooling between the ages of 11 and 18.
  • adj. (manufacturing) relating to the manufacture of goods from raw materials.
  • adj. (of a color) Formed by mixing primary colors.
  • n. (ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the ulna (forearm) of a bird.
  • n. (finance) An act of issuing more stock by an already publicly traded corporation.
  • n. (American football, Canadian football) The defensive backs.
  • n. (electronics) An inductive coil or loop that is magnetically powered by a primary in a transformer or…
  • n. One who occupies a subordinate or auxiliary place; a delegate deputy.
  • n. (astronomy) A secondary circle.
  • n. (astronomy) A satellite.
  • n. Used as an abbreviation to refer to items with names containing secondary.

subordinate

  • adj. Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
  • adj. Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by, authority.
  • adj. (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause.
  • n. (countable) One who is subordinate.
  • v. (transitive) To make subservient.
  • v. (transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.
  • v. (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.

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