subordinate
Junior staff member
Subordinate describes something or someone lower in rank, importance, or position: a subordinate clause, subordinate officers.
As a noun, a subordinate is a person who works under another's authority: She delegated the task to her subordinates.
The verb means to treat as less important or to place under another's control: He subordinated his own interests to the company's goals.
Supporting staff member
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- underlingPerson of lower rank
- juniorLower in standing
- helperOne who aids another
attendant · minion · apprentice · intern · clerk · secretary · staffer · lackey
Providing additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
- supplementaryServing to complete
accessory · adjunct · collateral · incidental · supporting · lesser · minor · dependent
Follow commands given
- complyFollow rules or requests
- submitPresent for consideration
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- deferDelay or submit
acquiesce · bow · kowtow · serve · follow orders · answer to · report to · fall in line
Formal authority hierarchy
- organizational structureArrangement of roles and reporting
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- echelonsLevels within a hierarchy
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
superior · inferior · management · bureaucracy · administration · governance · gradation · tiered
Restricted to certain parties
- corporalOf the flesh
- sergeantMid-level military rank
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- captainOne who commands
major · colonel · general · admiral · ensign · commander · brigadier · marshal
Incomplete grammatical unit needing support
- complex sentenceStatement with subordinate clause
- relative clauseDependent modifier of nouns
- modifierWord altering another
- becauseFor the reason that
although · when · while · if · that-clause
aide
Supporting staff member
helper · attendant · minion · apprentice · intern · clerk · secretary · staffer · lackey · right-hand
ancillary
Providing additional support
- subsidiaryOf lesser importance
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
- auxiliaryGiving additional support
supplementary · accessory · adjunct · collateral · incidental · supporting · lesser · minor · dependent · subservient
obey
Follow commands given
defer · acquiesce · bow · kowtow · serve · follow orders · answer to · report to · fall in line · toe the line
chain of command
Formal authority hierarchy
- organizational structureArrangement of roles and reporting
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
- echelonsLevels within a hierarchy
levels · superior · inferior · management · bureaucracy · administration · governance · gradation · tiered · pyramid
private
Restricted to certain parties
- corporalOf the flesh
- sergeantMid-level military rank
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
captain · major · colonel · general · admiral · ensign · commander · brigadier · marshal · cadet
dependent clause
Incomplete grammatical unit needing support
- complex sentenceStatement with subordinate clause
- relative clauseDependent modifier of nouns
- modifierWord altering another
- hierarchyrank, ranked, authority, command, tiered
- conceptscategorization, typicality, abstraction, generalization, family resemblance
- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- workplacehours, cubicle, desk job, holiday party, desk
- militarysoldiers, army, troops, officers, navy
- "Sub-" wordssubway, submarine, subtract, subject, suburb
subordinateprimary
Chief in importance
predominant · principal · prime · chief · paramount
subordinateindependent
Free from external control
autonomous · self-governing · sovereign · self-directed · free
- subordinate clausesGrammatically incomplete sentence fragments
subordinationism, insubordinate, insubordination, subordination, subordinates, subordinated, subordinating, subordinately, insubordinates