subheading

Any of the headings under which each of the main divisions of a subject may be subdivided.

Noun

  1. Any of the headings under which each of the main divisions of a subject may be subdivided.
    • And puritans give much the same warning in a manner suggesting that though the eating of rich foods is not among the seven deadly sins, it is at least a bona fide subheading under the general category of gluttony. -...
    • Most subheadings don’t do much to enhance a document. The whistle-blower’s subheadings do what the best subheadings do: They structure the complaint and provide a clear outline of what the document contains: […] - 2019...
  2. A heading or caption subordinate to a main headline, heading, or title especially when inserted as a divider between sections (as of a newspaper or periodical article or story or text of a book).

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English heading English subheading From sub- + heading.

Forms

subheadings

Synonyms

subhead dek