dependent

de·pen·dent  (d-pndnt)

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.

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de·pendent·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.

Antonym: independent

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dependent - a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) dependant recipient, receiver - a person who receives something 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 else dependant, qualified conditional - 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" subordinate 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" pendant, pendent 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" subject subordinate - subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"
	6.	dependent - addicted to a drug drug-addicted, strung-out, dependant, hooked addicted - compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming; "she is addicted to chocolate"; "addicted to cocaine"

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dependent U.S.sometimes dependant

adjective 1. reliant, vulnerable, helpless, powerless, weak, defenceless << OPPOSITE independent

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

Translations

dependent [dɪˈpɛndənt] adj to be dependent (on) → depender (de) n = dependant

dependent [dɪˈpɛndənt] depend adj to be dependent (on) → dépendre (de) n = dependant

dependent [dɪˈpɛndənt] depend adj to be dependent on (person) → abhängig sein von, angewiesen sein auf +acc;

(decision) → abhängen von n = dependant

dependent [dɪˈpɛndənt] adj to be dependent (on) (gen) → dipendere (da); [child, relative] → essere a carico (di) n = dependant