Subcategory

Alternative forms

• sub-category

Full definition of subcategory

Noun

1. With respect to a given category, a more narrow category.
2. (category theory) A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's

Synonyms

• child category

Antonyms

• supercategory