sub

sub is a 3-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-). Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-).
2. A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate.
3. noun. A subordinate; a subaltern.
4. noun. a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

   Synonyms: pigboat, submarine

5. noun. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

   Synonyms: bomber, grinder, hero, hoagie, hoagy, submarine, torpedo, wedge, zep

6. verb. be a substitute

   "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"

   "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"

   Synonyms: substitute

Synonyms

pigboat, submarine, bomber, grinder, hero, hoagie, hoagy, torpedo, wedge, zep, substitute

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sub:

bus

Common word forms

subs, suber, subbed, subbing, subness

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