subordinate.

Placed below another person, category, or consideration in rank or priority.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• subordinate role
• subordinate concern

On the page

Cost was a subordinate concern beside immediate safety.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, evaluation, qualification. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: subordinates.