In politics a subject is a person who is subordinate to the rule of a monarch or state. Compare with citizen.

In linguistics, the subject of a verb is the doer of the verb. Compare with object, which is the "doee".

For example: The noun dog is the subject of the following clause:

  • The dog ate corn.

See also: object, linguistics

In philosophy, a subject is a being which has experiences or a relationship with another entity (or "object").