suborder

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noun

A taxonomic category below order and above infraorder.

“The customers were sorted by name and then subordered by number of purchases.”

Similar
subordosubordering
OriginEnglish order ← Latin sub- →
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Meanings

nounsuborder (plural suborders)

plural suborders

  1. biologyA taxonomic category below order and above infraorder.

    Synonyms: subordo

  2. businessA secondary or subsidiary order (purchase request).
  3. Synonym of subordering.

    Synonyms: subordering

verbsuborder (third-person singular simple present suborders, present participle subordering, simple past and past participle subordered)

present singular third person suborders · participle present subordering · participle past subordered · past subordered

  1. transitiveTo arrange in a secondary order.

    The customers were sorted by name and then subordered by number of purchases.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA taxonomic category below order and above infraorder.

Similar
subordo

nounSynonym of subordering.

Similar
subordering
Also see
subordo

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Englishorder
  5. Englishsuborder

From sub- + order.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan subordre
  • subordretaxonomic category
Dutch onderorde, suborde
  • onderordetaxonomic category
  • subordetaxonomic category
Finnish alalahko
  • alalahkotaxonomic category
Hebrew תת־סדרה
  • תת־סדרה (tát-sidrá)taxonomic category
Irish fo-ord
  • fo-ordtaxonomic category
Italian sottordine
  • sottordinetaxonomic category
Malay سوبئوردر, suborder
  • سوبئوردرtaxonomic category
  • subordertaxonomic category
Polish podrząd
  • podrządtaxonomic category
Portuguese subordem
  • subordemtaxonomic category
Spanish suborden
  • subordentaxonomic category
Swedish underordning
  • underordningtaxonomic category
Tagalog kubsunday
  • kubsundaytaxonomic category
Cite this entry
APA

suborder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suborder

MLA

“suborder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suborder. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suborder,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suborder.

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