subjugate

Other forms of subjugate

past tense

subjugated·

present participle

subjugating·

third person

subjugates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about subjugate

What does subjugate mean?

subjugate means "put down by force or intimidation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in subjugate?

subjugate has 3 syllables: sub-ju-gate. The stress falls on "sub". In IPA it is /ˈsʌbdʒəˌɡeɪt/.

What is another word for subjugate?

Close synonyms include repress, quash, keep down, subdue, reduce. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subjugate a common word?

subjugate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with subjugate?

28 words rhyme with subjugate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.