Meanings
present singular third person sublets · participle present subletting
plural sublets
- informalbusinessSynonym of sublease.
Synonyms: sublease, underlease, subtenancy, undertenancy, subletting, underletting, underlet, sublease
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo grant a sublease out of property held under a lease.
nounSynonym of sublease.
More synonyms by meaning
verblease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Englishsub-
- Englishlet
- Englishsublet
Translations
Bulgarian пренаемам
- пренаемам (prenaemam)lease or rent
Catalan sotsarrendar, rellogar
- sotsarrendarlease or rent
- rellogarlease or rent
Chinese Mandarin 轉租 /转租
- 轉租 /转租 (zhuǎnzū)lease or rent
Czech podnajímat
- podnajímatlease or rent
Danish fremleje
- fremlejelease or rent
Dutch onderverhuren
- onderverhurenlease or rent
Finnish alivuokrata
- alivuokratalease or rent
French sous-louer
- sous-louerlease or rent
German untervermieten
- untervermietenlease or rent
Hungarian kiad, bérbe ad
- kiadlease or rent
- bérbe adlease or rent
- albérletbe adlease or rent
Italian sublocare
- sublocarelease or rent
Japanese 又貸しする
- 又貸しする (matagashi suru)lease or rent
Polish podnajmować, podnająć
- podnajmowaćlease or rent
- podnająćlease or rent
Spanish subarrendar
- subarrendarlease or rent
Ukrainian суборе́нда, підоре́нда
- суборе́нда (suborénda)lease or rent
- підоре́нда (pidorénda)lease or rent
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sublet
Anagrams
Cite this entry
sublet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublet
“sublet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublet. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sublet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sublet.
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