subjacent

1. 1.

   lying nearby but lower

   “hills and subjacent valleys”

   Antonymssuperjacent

   Similarunderlying

Questions about subjacent

What does subjacent mean?

subjacent means "lying nearby but lower".

How many syllables are in subjacent?

subjacent has 3 syllables: sub-ja-cent. The stress falls on "sub".

What is the opposite of subjacent?

The recorded antonyms are superjacent.

Is subjacent a common word?

subjacent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.