Reverse Dictionary: SUBORDINATE

ADJECTIVES
► ADJOINED additional, supplementary, also, of a person, appointed in a supplementary or subordinate role → 1622
► SUBALTERN of inferior status, quality, or importance; of a person: subordinate, inferior → 1581
► SUBALTERNAL subordinate, inferior → c1400 obs.
► SUBALTERNATE subordinate, inferior → 1432-50 obs.
► SUBLUNARY inferior, subordinate to → 1616 obs.
► SUBMINISTRANT subordinate → a1626 obs.
► SUBORDINANT subordinate → 1697 obs.
► SUBORDINARY subordinate → 1788 obs.
► SUBORDINATIVE tending to subordinate, involving subordination → 1642
► VASSAL servile; subordinate → 1593

NOUNS
► SUBALTERNATION subordination → 1597 obs.
► SUBALTERNITY subordinate position → 1620
► SUBORDINANCE subordination → 1642 obs.
► SUBORDINANCY subordination → 1709 obs.
► SUBORDINATENESS subordination → 1634
► VASSALAGE subjection, subordination, homage, or allegiance characteristic of a vassal → 1594
► VASSALDOM the state of a vassal; subordination, homage, or allegiance characteristic of a vassal → 1876
► VASSALRY subjection, subordination, servitude; service → 1594

NOUNS – PERSON
► JACKAL a person who does subordinate preparatory work or drudgery for another, or ministers to his requirements → a1688
► MONKEY a person who is less important or powerful than another; a subordinate; a lackey; used in contrast to ‘organ-grinder’ → 1957 often depreciative
► OBEDIENT one who is obedient or subject to authority; a subordinate → 1626 obs.
► OBEISANT one who is obedient; an obedient servant; one under authority; a subordinate → 1475 obs.
► PUNY an inferior, a subordinate; an insignificant person → 1579 arch.
► STOOGE any despised underling or subordinate → 1910s sl., orig. US
► SUBALTERN a person of inferior rank or status; a subordinate → 1605
► SUBALTERNAL a subordinate → 1673 obs.
► SUBSISTENT a subordinate, an inferior → 1598 obs.
► UNDERHEAD a subordinate official → 1599 
► UNDERLING a subordinate, one subject to authority → c1175
► UNDERLOUT a person who is subordinate to another; an underling or servant; an inferior → 1340 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► UNDERMAN an inferior or subordinate man → a1300
► VASSAL a humble servant or subordinate; one devoted to the service of another → c1500
► YES-GIRL an obsequiously subordinate woman → 1930
► YES-MAN a man who agrees from self-interest or fear with everything put to him by a superior; an obsequious subordinate; one who always says yes to their superiors in the belief that this is what they like to hear; a sycophant; a toady; a flatterer → 1912 colloq., orig. US
► YES-WIFE an obsequiously subordinate woman → 1912
► YES-WOMAN an obsequiously subordinate woman → 1933
► YOUNGER a follower, a disciple; a servant, a subordinate; generally, a person who is lower in rank → c1000 obs.

VERBS
► EAT TURKEY to play second fiddle → 1966 Amer. dial.
► HAND IN A BACK-CHAP to play the part of an assistant or ‘second fiddle’; to be subordinate → 1871 Sc.
► STOOGE to work as an assistant, underling, or subordinate → 1930s sl., orig. US
► SUBALTERN to subordinate → c1400 obs.
► SUBALTERNIZE to subordinate → 1905
► SUBORDAIN 1. to appoint to a subordinate position → 1602 obs.
2. to make subordinate → a1617 obs.
► SUBSERVE to act in a subordinate position → 1671 obs.
► SUBSERVIATE to make subservient or subordinate → 1893
► TAKE A BACK SEAT to accept without complaint a subordinate, second-rate position → L19 sl.
► VASSAL to make subject or subordinate to some thing or person → 1613
► VASSALATE to make subject or subordinate to some thing or person → 1659 obs.
► VASSALIZE to make subject or subordinate to some thing or person → 1599