Open
Open adjective - Allowing passage without obstruction.
Subordinate and open are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subordinate" instead an adjective "Open".
Subordinate
Subordinate adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Open and subordinate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Open" instead an adjective "Subordinate".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
-
Irony: Early in the movie Buford rages quietly to his subordinate that Meade will move too slow to take the hills, requiring a desperate charge across open ground in an attempt to dislodge the rebels.
Source: Film / Gettysburg - Both are multi-species nations where no race is legally subordinate to another, but where the Federation is open and bright, celebrating its diversity, the Breen are secretive and dark, concealing themselves behind identical full-body suits.
- There's also no way your female boss would have any problem with the fact that one of your first official acts as a manager was to open the hospital up for a crippliing sexual harassment lawsuit by telling a female subordinate that you're firing her specifically so she'll have sex with you.
Source: Idiot Ball / Live-Action TV
Cite this Source
Subordinate and Open. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/subordinate
Open & Subordinate. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/subordinate>.
Subordinate or Open. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/subordinate.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "open" and "subordinate" have occurred on timeline