(n)subject, topic, themethe subject matter of a conversation or discussion“he didn't want to discuss that subject”, “it was a very sensitive topic”, “his letters were always on the theme of love”
(n)subject, content1, depicted objectsomething (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation“a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject”
(n)topic, subject, issue, mattersome situation or event that is thought about“he kept drifting off the topic”, “he had been thinking about the subject for several years”, “it is a matter for the police”
(n)subject, case, guinea piga person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation“the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly”, “the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities”
(v)subjectcause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to“He subjected me to his awful poetry”, “The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills”, “People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation”
(s)capable, open, subjectpossibly accepting or permitting“a passage capable of misinterpretation”, “open to interpretation”, “an issue open to question”, “the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation”