suborder
suborder noun: a taxonomic category below order and above infraorder.
Noun
suborder (plural suborders)
- A taxonomic category below order and above infraorder.
- Synonyms:
- subordo
- A secondary or subsidiary order (purchase request).
- Synonym of subordering.
- Synonyms:
- subordering
Verb
suborder (third-person singular simple present suborders, present participle subordering, simple past and past participle subordered)
- To arrange in a secondary order.
- The customers were sorted by name and then subordered by number of purchases.
suborder meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Malay
suborder in Tamil
- உள் வரிசை
suborder in Tagalog
- taxonomic category
- kubsunday
suborder in Malay
- taxonomic category
- suborder
Synonyms of suborder
Forms of suborder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | suborders |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | suborders |
| present participle | subordering |
| past participle | subordered |
| past | subordered |
Origin of suborder
From sub- + order.
Questions about suborder
- What does suborder mean?
- Suborder means a taxonomic category below order and above infraorder.
- What is suborder in Tamil?
- Suborder in Tamil is உள் வரிசை. See Suborder meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is suborder?
- Suborder can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of suborder?
- The plural of suborder is suborders.
Words near suborder in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: suborder (page history and authors); suborder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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