Synonyms for subset
ˈsʌbˌsɛtsub·set

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1. subsetnoun

   Synonyms:
   ⊆, ⊂

   Antonyms:
   superset

2. subsetnoun

   With respect to another set, a set such that each of its elements is also an element of the other set.

   Synonyms:
   ⊂, ⊆

   Antonyms:
   superset

3. subsetnoun

   A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.

   We asked a subset of the population of the town for their opinion.

   Synonyms:
   ⊂, ⊆

   Antonyms:
   superset

Princeton's WordNet

1. subsetnoun

   a set whose members are members of another set; a set contained within another set

Matched Categories

1. • Set

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1. List of paraphrases for "subset":

   sub-set, subassembly, sub-assembly, subgroup, sub-group, subrange, sub-unit, subsetting, sub-category, subcategory, subsample, sub-cluster, sub-element, sub-sample, sub-component

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1. subset

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How to use subset in a sentence?

1. Steven Munger:

   What we've known for a long time is one of the major causes of smell loss are upper respiratory tract infections due to viruses -- a common cold, influenza -- a subset of people lose their sense of smell, most of them temporarily, but a small subset lose that smell permanently.

2. Chief Executive Yuval Cohen:

   We're not focusing on a particular subset of patients, like Vertex's drug.

3. Ketanji Brown Jackson:

   Senator, what I regret is that in a hearing about my qualifications to be a justice on the Supreme Court, we've spent a lot of time focusing on this small subset of my sentences.

4. Scott Schwartz:

   I think it’s promising, but do I think that at the moment is it going to be an earth-shattering change in practice management? No, i think that in treating kidney cancer as a whole, no, but in treating a certain subset of patients, it can make a big difference.

5. Ousmene Mandeng:

   One of the most important lessons for the IMF from the Greek program should be that a multilateral institution should not institutionalize special interests of a subset of its membership, the interest of the IMF is not necessarily aligned with the EU/ECB.