States and conditions
Synonyms for subject
Synonyms for subject: open, content, dependent and theme. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 4 synonyms for subject
Interchangeable with subject, one per sense
Audited under subject's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one subject carries in that sense.
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name subject as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
Two directions, one standard: two audited under subject and two under the partner word. Nothing here was expanded out of a thesaurus.
possibly accepting or permitting
The time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation.
subject in 2 more sentences, same sense
- All overtime requests are subject to approval by the shift supervisor before they take effect.
- The delivery date quoted in this letter is subject to change if the courier experiences delays.
How it behaves: Subject typically appears in the construction subject to followed by a noun phrase, and is common in formal, legal, or official registers.
The true synonym
open
Same sentence, swapped: The time is fixed by the director and players and therefore open to much variation.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where subject stands in the sentence above.
- lower
- junior
- color
Opposites, in this sense
exempt and immune reverse subject as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of subject takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- exempt
- immune
something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
A moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject.
The true synonym
content
Same sentence, swapped: A moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same content.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- issue
- national
- unit
Where subject turns up in the game
subject is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in eight other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 8 puzzles where subject is the trap
- capableadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is able, in the sense "have the skills and qualifications to do things well", and subject is one of the three tiles that lose.
- motiveadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is motor, in the sense "causing or able to cause motion", and subject is on the board beside it.
- successnoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is winner, in the sense "a person with a record of successes", with subject sitting one tile away.
- basisnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is ground, in the sense "a relation that provides the foundation for something", and subject is on the board beside it.
Play subject
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so subject reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because states and conditions is the company subject keeps.
The same bank, read from both sides
subject is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 8. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.