Standard Lemma guide

sublet

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌsʌbˈlɛt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛt
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 B L EH2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Synonym of sublease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: business, law, property, real-estate

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To grant a sublease out of property held under a lease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: law, property

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: underlet, sublease, 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: sublease

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: sublease

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 let English sublet From sub- + let.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пренаемам (prenaemam) — lease or rent
  • Catalan: sotsarrendar — lease or rent
  • Catalan: rellogar — lease or rent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉租 /转租 (zhuǎnzū) — lease or rent
  • Czech: podnajímat — lease or rent
  • Danish: fremleje — lease or rent
  • Dutch: onderverhuren — lease or rent
  • Finnish: alivuokrata — lease or rent
  • French: sous-louer — lease or rent
  • German: untervermieten — lease or rent
  • Hungarian: kiad — lease or rent
  • Hungarian: bérbe ad — lease or rent
  • Hungarian: albérletbe ad — lease or rent
  • Ido: sublokacar — lease or rent
  • Italian: sublocare — lease or rent
  • Japanese: 又貸しする (matagashi suru) — lease or rent
  • Northern Kurdish: binkirê kirin — lease or rent
  • Northern Kurdish: bi binkirê dan — lease or rent
  • Mongolian: дам түрээслүүлэх (dam türeeslüülex) — lease or rent
  • Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠮ ᠲᠦᠷᠢᠶᠡᠰᠦᠯᠡᠬᠦ (dam türiyesülekü) — lease or rent
  • Polish: podnajmować — lease or rent
  • Polish: podnająć — lease or rent
  • Spanish: subarrendar — lease or rent
  • Ukrainian: суборе́нда (suborénda) — lease or rent
  • Ukrainian: підоре́нда (pidorénda) — lease or rent
  • West Flemish: oendervereurn — lease or rent