Head and Subordinate

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Head

Head adjective - Highest in rank or authority.
Usage example: as head editor at the TV station for 17 years, he has hired and fired innumerable staff members
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Subordinate is an antonym for head in topics: chief, secretary.
Nearby Words: heading, headland, headship, headband, headed

Subordinate

Subordinate noun - One who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another.
Usage example: subordinates do most of the actual creation of the famous designer's clothing designs
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Head is an antonym for subordinate in independent topic.
Nearby Words: subordination, subordinating, subordinated
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How words are described

good good head good subordinate
female female head female subordinate
dead dead head dead subordinate
stupid stupid head stupid subordinate
Other adjectives: male, large, former, next, last, different.

Both words in one sentence

  • Sand Necktie The subordinate's uncle pleads with Rosetti for mercy, which Rosetti provides by bashing the subordinate's head in with a shovel.
    Source: Sand Necktie
  • Film / 13 Assassins Kick the Dog: Happens just about every time Naritsugu is on screen, including kicking the severed head of his most loyal subordinate.
    Source: Film / 13 Assassins
  • And since they usually attack the head, pecking out of subordinate hens' eyes is not unknown.
    Source: Asskicking Equals Authority
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