SUBSIDIARY Synonyms

• lower in rank or importance

• subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

• (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

• an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

• a word that is more specific than a given word

• rank or order as less important or consider of less value

• make subordinate, dependent, or subservient

• a subordinate or subsidiary associate; a person who is affiliated with another or with an organization

• a subsidiary or subordinate organization that is affiliated with another organization

• keep company with; hang out with

• join in an affiliation

• a division of some larger or more complex organization

• a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

• a part of a forked or branching shape

• a natural consequence of development

• a stream or river connected to a larger one

• any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm

• grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

• divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

• relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed

• (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

• a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

• contingent on something else

• held from above and hanging down

• being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

• addicted to a drug

• an army unit large enough to sustain combat

• one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole

• the act or process of dividing

• an administrative unit in government or business

• discord that splits a group

• a league ranked by quality

• (biology) a group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category

• (botany) taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum

• a unit of the United States Air Force usually comprising two or more wings

• a group of ships of similar type

• an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed

• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

• a natural consequence of development

• man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon

• a person who follows or serves another

• any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star

• surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power

• broadcast or disseminate via satellite

• being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

• the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

• coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

• inferior in rank or status

• depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

• not of major importance

• belonging to a lower class or rank

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• furnishing support and encouragement

• capable of bearing a structural load

• functioning in a supporting capacity

• added to complete or make up a deficiency

• functioning in a supporting capacity

• added to complete or make up a deficiency

• an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

• fights on foot with small arms

• an assistant subject to the authority or control of another

• a company that is completely controlled by another company