Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun subordinate_conjunction
1 sense of subordinate conjunction
Sense 1
subordinating conjunction, subordinate conjunction -- (a conjunction (like `since' or `that' or `who') that introduces a dependent clause)
=> conjunction, conjunctive, connective, continuative -- (an uninflected function word that serves to conjoin words or phrases or clauses or sentences)