subject complement
noun Grammar.
a word or a group of words, usually functioning as an adjective or noun, that is used in the predicate following a copula and describes or is identified with the subject of the sentence, as sleepy in The travelers became sleepy.
Also called
subjective complement.
Origin of subject complement
First recorded in 1935–40
Words nearby subject complement
subj.,
subjacent,
subject,
subject catalog,
subject catalogue,
subject complement,
subject matter,
subject to, be,
subject-raising,
subjectify,
subjection