Antonyms of adj subjacent
1 sense of subjacent
Sense 1
subjacent (vs. superjacent) -- (lying nearby but lower; "hills and subjacent valleys")
superjacent (vs. subjacent) -- (lying immediately above or on something else)
=> incumbent -- (lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation")
=> overlying, superimposed -- (placed on or over something else; "an overlying image")
=> superincumbent -- (lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else; "superincumbent layers of dead plants cut off the air and arrested decomposition")
Similarity of adj subjacent
1 sense of subjacent
Sense 1
subjacent (vs. superjacent) -- (lying nearby but lower; "hills and subjacent valleys")
=> underlying -- (located beneath or below)