Subject ( "lying beneath") may refer to:

Philosophy Hypokeimenon, or subiectum, in metaphysics, the "internal", non-objective being of a thing Subject (philosophy), a being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity

Linguistics Subject (grammar), who or what a sentence or a clause is about Subject case or nominative case, one of the grammatical cases for a noun

Music Subject (music), or 'theme' The melodic material presented first in a fugue Either of the two main groups of themes (first subject, second subject), in sonata form Subject (album), a 2003 album by Dwele Subjects (album), a 2021 album by Scale the Summit

Science and technology The individual, whether an adult person, a child or infant, or an animal, who is the subject of research.

Computing Subjects (programming), core elements in the subject-oriented programming paradigm Subject (access control) An element in the Resource Description Framework

Library science and information science Subject (documents) (subject classification; subject indexing; subject searching) Subject term or index term, a descriptor of a document used in bibliographic records

Other uses Commoner, an individual subjected to rule by an elite, e.g. in feudalism Subject in a constitutional monarchy, e.g. British subject Course (education), a unit of academic instruction Subject, a 2022 documentary about documentaries by Jennifer Tiexiera

See also Subject matter (disambiguation) Subjective (disambiguation)