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sublease

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A lease sublet by a tenant or lessee to a subtenant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law, property

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: underlease, subtenancy, undertenancy, subletting, underletting, sublet, underlet

Antonyms: headlease, superior lease

Broader terms: lease, tenancy, letting

2

verb

Meaning 2

Synonym of sublet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: law, property

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sublet, underlet, underlease, subtenant

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a lease from one lessee to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sublet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lease, rental, letting

4

verb

Meaning 4

lease or rent all or part of (a leased or rented property) to another person

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We sublet our apartment over the summer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sublet

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lease, let, rent

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: sotsarrendament — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉租 /转租 (zhuǎnzū) — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分租契約 /分租契约 (fēnzū qìyuē) — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Czech: podnájem — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Danish: fremleje — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Faroese: framleiga — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Finnish: alivuokrattu kiinteistö — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Finnish: edelleenvuokraus — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • French: sous-location — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • German: Untervermietung — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Hungarian: albérlet — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Hungarian: albérletbe adás — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Icelandic: framleiga — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Irish: foléas — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Italian: sublocazione — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Northern Kurdish: binkirê — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Manx: fo-leese — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Norwegian Bokmål: framleie — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: framleige — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Polish: podnajem — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Slovak: podnájom — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Swedish: andrahandsuthyrning — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Swedish: andrahandskontrakt — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Ukrainian: суборе́нда (suborénda) — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee
  • Ukrainian: підоре́нда (pidorénda) — a lease granted by a tenant or lessee