Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun subgroup

2 senses of subgroup

Sense 1
subgroup -- (a distinct and often subordinate group within a group)
       => group, grouping -- (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)

Sense 2
subgroup -- ((mathematics) a subset (that is not empty) of a mathematical group)
       => group, mathematical group -- (a set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse)