subordinate

Definition

Examples

Effective leaders know how to delegate tasks and inspire confidence in their subordinates.

Word Family

Synonyms

• assistanta person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
• juniorterm of address for a disrespectful and annoying male
• underlingan assistant subject to the authority or control of another

Collocations

• Easy direct subordinate
  to direct subordinate, meaning to command with authority
• Medium delegate tasks to subordinates effectively
  to delegate tasks to subordinates effectively, meaning to transfer power to someone
• Hard subordinate short-term profits to sustainability
  to subordinate short-term profits to sustainability, meaning to rank or order as less important or consider of less value
• Very Hard subordinate one's ego to collective triumph
  to subordinate one's ego to collective triumph, meaning to rank or order as less important or consider of less value