dependent

  • (a) relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
    • dependent children
    • dependent on moisture
  • (s) contingent on something else dependant, qualified,
  • (a) (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
    • a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence
    subordinate,
  • (s) held from above
    • a pendant bunch of grapes
    pendant, pendent,
  • (s) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
    • subject peoples
    • a dependent prince
    subject,
  • (s) addicted to a drug drug-addicted, strung-out, dependant, hooked,

Nouns

  • (n) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) dependant,

Synonyms

dependant qualified subordinate pendant pendent subject drug-addicted strung-out hooked

Antonyms

independent main

See also

unfree

Words of close approximity

dependent clause dependent on dependent upon dependent variable