subordinate's

Belonging to inferior

Subordinate's is the possessive form of subordinate—a person lower in rank or position within an organization.

The word attributes something to that person: a subordinate's performance, a subordinate's request for time off.

Managers evaluate their subordinates' work and respond to their subordinates' concerns.

workplace

employee's

Belonging to hired staff

junior's · deputy's · associate's · colleague's · trainee's · intern's · apprentice's

military

soldier's

Of one who serves

trooper's · infantry's · corporal's · seaman's · airman's · adjutant's

hierarchy

follower's

Belonging to an adherent

disciple's · charge's · ward's · lieutenant's · delegate's · proxy's · agent's · representative's

Opposites
hierarchical position

subordinate'ssuperior's

Belonging to one's boss

supervisor's · boss's · manager's · leader's · chief's

Family

subordinate, subordinates, insubordinate

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