de·pen·dent (d -p n d nt)adj.1. Contingent on another. 2. Subordinate. 3. Relying on or requiring the aid of another for support: dependent children. 4. Hanging down. n. also de·pen·dant One who relies on another especially for financial support.
de·pen dent·ly adv. Synonyms: dependent, conditional, contingent, relative, subject These adjectives mean determined or to be determined by something else: a water supply dependent on rainfall; conditional acceptance of the apology; assistance contingent on need; the importance of a discovery as relative to its usefulness; promotion subject to merit. |
dependent Adjective 1. depending on a person or thing for aid or support 2. dependent on or upon influenced or conditioned by USAGE: Avoid confusion with dependant.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | dependent - a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)charge - a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the street" minion - a servile or fawning dependant | | Adj. | 1. | dependent - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture"unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will independent - free from external control and constraint; "an independent mind"; "a series of independent judgments"; "fiercely independent individualism" | | 2. | dependent - contingent on something elseconditional - imposing or depending on or containing a condition; "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid" | | 3. | dependent - (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"grammar - the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) main, independent - (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" main, independent - (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb" | | 4. | dependent - held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes"supported - held up or having the weight borne especially from below; "supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends" | | 5. | dependent - being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"subordinate - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom" | | 6. | dependent - addicted to a drugaddicted - compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming; "she is addicted to chocolate"; "addicted to cocaine" |
dependent U.S.sometimes dependant adjective 2. determined by, depending on, subject to, influenced by, relative to, liable to, conditional on, contingent on >> dependent on or upon reliant on, relying on, counting on see see, dependant
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