- (of a character) written or printed below the line
Compare superscript
- Also called: subindex a subscript character
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sub•script /ˈsʌbskrɪpt/USA pronunciation
adj.
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- written below.
n. [countable]
- Printinga letter, number, or symbol written below a line of text:The number 2 is a subscript in the formula for water, H2O.
sub•script
(sub′skript),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
- written below (distinguished from adscript, superscript).
- Printinginferior (def. 9).
n.
- Printinginferior (def. 11).
- Also called subfix. any character, number, or symbol written next to and slightly below another.
- Latin subscrīptus (past participle of subscrībere to subscribe), equivalent. to sub- sub- + scrīb(ere) to write + -tus past participle suffix
- 1695–1705
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
subscript /ˈsʌbskrɪpt/ adj
'subscript' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
LD
- subindex
- superscript
- adscript
- filial
- index
- inferior
- labeled bracketing
- parental
- vector
- subfix
- subscription