subordinate conjunction

1. 1.

   a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause

   Synonymssubordinating conjunction

   Broaderconjunction

Questions about subordinate conjunction

What does subordinate conjunction mean?

subordinate conjunction means "a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause".

What is another word for subordinate conjunction?

Close synonyms include subordinating conjunction. 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 subordinate conjunction a common word?

subordinate conjunction 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.