Noun
1. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
2. a word that is more specific than a given word
Verb
1. rank or order as less important or consider of less value;
"Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"2. make subordinate, dependent, or subservient;
"Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"Adjective
1. lower in rank or importance
2. subject or submissive to authority or the control of another;
"a subordinate kingdom"3. of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence;
"a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence"4. inferior in rank or status;
"the junior faculty""a lowly corporal""petty officialdom""a subordinate functionary"