The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word UNDER , but the solution may also be LESSER which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Subordinate crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| UNDER | 26 % | 5 |
| AIDE | 21 % | 4 |
| VASSAL | 8 % | 6 |
| MINION | 8 % | 6 |
| LESSER | 8 % | 6 |
| JUNIOR | 5 % | 6 |
| ANCILLARY | 5 % | 9 |
| MINOR | 5 % | 5 |
| PETTY | 3 % | 5 |
| TRIBUTARY | 3 % | 9 |
| LIEUTENANT | 3 % | 10 |
| SATRAP | 3 % | 6 |
| SIDE | 3 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Subordinate
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- subservient
- submissive
- subaltern
- underling
- assistant
- associate
- subsidiary
- deputy
- proxy
- dependent
- subject
- junior
Crossword Answer definitions
UNDER adjective- Being lower; being beneath something.
- Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
- In a way lower or less than.
- In a way inferior to.
- In an unconscious state.
- In or at a lower level than.
- As a subject of; subordinate to.
- Less than.
- Below the surface of.
- In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- As, in the character of.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result UNDER
- __-the-table
- Below
- Beneath
- Fast asleep
- With a mortgage greater than the assessed value
- Hypnotized
- Less than
- Anesthetized
- __ the Volcano
- __ the gun
More clues leading to the result AIDE
- Adjutant
- Assistant
- Gal Friday
- Helper
- Military assistant
- Orderly
- Right-hand person
- Subaltern
- Washington worker
- White House staffer
More clues leading to the result VASSAL
- Medieval menial
- Feudal subject
- Feudal figure
- Feudal bondman
- Feudal servant
- Feudal tenant
- Medieval tenant
- Erstwhile subordinate
- Servant of yore
- Lord's payer
More clues leading to the result MINION
- Sycophant
- Servile subordinate
- Subordinate
- Servile follower
- ___ of the law (police officer)
- Toady
- Follower
- Yellow "Despicable Me" character
- Lackey
- 7-pt. type.
More clues leading to the result LESSER
- Like some Antilles
- ___ Antilles
- Smaller in quantity
- Minor
- Like one of two evils
- "Children of a ___ God"
- Second-rate
- Not so great
- Not as great
- Like the preferred evil?
More clues leading to the result JUNIOR
- Former sophomore
- High school beginner?
- Subordinate
- Last year's sophomore
- Lower in rank
- Son
- Lesser partner
- Name tag
- College man.
- Namesake
More clues leading to the result ANCILLARY
More clues leading to the result MINOR
- Underage
- Underage one
- Of not much importance
- Scale variety
- One who is one, decidedly
- Juvenile court defendant
- Sad-sounding
- Like some keys
- Asia __
- Trivial
More clues leading to the result PETTY
- Big name at Daytona
- Kind of cash or officer
- Super Bowl XLII halftime entertainer Tom
- Small-minded
- Kind of theft
- 7-time Winston Cup winner Richard
- Of little importance
- Of minor importance
- Tom who sang "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
- Picayune
More clues leading to the result TRIBUTARY
- Feeder stream
- Many a headwater, relatively
- River into another.
- Ohio to the Mississippi.
- Subordinate
- Missouri, to Mississippi
More clues leading to the result LIEUTENANT
- Second-in-command
- *Rank for TV's Columbo
- Stead + sawbuck + insect
- Subordinate
- Police department officer
- Popular TV program (with "The").
- Stratego gamepiece
- Officer
- One-time rank for seaman at 56-Across
- Captain's underling
More clues leading to the result SATRAP
- Petty despot
- Petty tyrant
- Persian governor
- Two-bit despot
- Persian ruler
- Petty bureaucrat
- Persian despot
- Petty potentate
- Despotic ruler
- Ancient Persian governor