sublease

Meanings

nounsublease (plural subleases)

plural subleases · alternative sub-lease

lawA lease sublet by a tenant or lessee to a subtenant.
Synonyms: underlease, subtenancy, undertenancy, subletting, underletting, sublet, underlet · Antonyms: headlease, superior lease

verbsublease (third-person singular simple present subleases, present participle subleasing, simple past and past participle subleased)

present singular third person subleases · participle present subleasing · participle past subleased · past subleased · alternative sub-lease

informallawSynonym of sublet.
These had been sub-leased from EMR (and previously East Midlands Trains) for more than a year to cover for Mk 4s undergoing planned maintenance.
2019 November 20, “Fleet News”, in Rail, page 31
Synonyms: sublet, underlet, underlease, subtenant, sublet

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA lease sublet by a tenant or lessee to a subtenant.

Opposite

headlease superior lease

verbSynonym of sublet.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna lease from one lessee to another

Similar

sublet

Broader

lease rental letting

verblease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person

Similar

sublet

Broader

lease let rent

Also see

sublet subletting subtenancy subtenant underlease underlet underletting undertenancy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European*upó
Proto-Italic*supo
Latinsub
Latinsub-
Englishsub-
Englishlease
Englishsublease

From sub- + lease.

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Translations

Catalan sotsarrendament

sotsarrendamenta lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Chinese Mandarin 轉租 /转租, 分租契約 /分租契约

轉租 /转租 (zhuǎnzū)a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
分租契約 /分租契约 (fēnzū qìyuē)a lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Czech podnájem

podnájema lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Danish fremleje

fremlejea lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Finnish alivuokrattu kiinteistö, edelleenvuokraus

alivuokrattu kiinteistöa lease granted by a tenant or lessee
edelleenvuokrausa lease granted by a tenant or lessee

French sous-location

sous-locationa lease granted by a tenant or lessee

German Untervermietung

Untervermietunga lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Hungarian albérlet, albérletbe adás

albérleta lease granted by a tenant or lessee
albérletbe adása lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Icelandic framleiga

framleigaa lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Irish foléas

foléasa lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Italian sublocazione

sublocazionea lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Norwegian Bokmål framleie

framleiea lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Polish podnajem

podnajema lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Slovak podnájom

podnájoma lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Swedish andrahandsuthyrning, andrahandskontrakt

andrahandsuthyrninga lease granted by a tenant or lessee
andrahandskontrakta lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Ukrainian суборе́нда, підоре́нда

суборе́нда (suborénda)a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
підоре́нда (pidorénda)a lease granted by a tenant or lessee

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

beauless

Cite this entry

APA

sublease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublease

MLA

“sublease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublease. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sublease,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublease.

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