'Dependent' definitions:
Definition of 'dependent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" [ant: independent]
adjective
adjective
(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" [syn: dependent, subordinate] [ant: independent, main(a)]
adjective
adjective
Being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" [syn: subject, dependent]
adjective
noun
A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) [syn: dependant, dependent]
Definition of 'Dependent'
From: GCIDE
- Dependent \De*pend"ent\, a. [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]
- 1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of independent. [Narrower terms: {interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial}; {parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking}; subordinate; underage; myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree. [1913 Webster]
- England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.
- Syn: qualified. [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. addicted to drugs.
- Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out. [WordNet 1.5]
- Dependent covenant or Dependent contract (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.
- Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dependent'
From: GCIDE
- Dependent \De*pend"ent\, n.
- 1. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents. [1913 Webster]
- A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which depends; corollary; consequence. [1913 Webster]
- With all its circumstances and dependents. --Prynne. [1913 Webster]
- Note: See the Note under Dependant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dependent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- addicted,
- addicted to,
- adherent,
- ancillary,
- appendage,
- appurtenant,
- at issue,
- attendant,
- based on,
- boxed in,
- buff,
- cascading,
- cavaliere servente,
- charge,
- childlike,
- circumscribed,
- circumscribed by,
- client,
- collateral,
- conditional,
- conditioned,
- confiding,
- contingent,
- contingent on,
- counting,
- courtier,
- creature,
- credulous,
- dangler,
- dangling,
- debased,
- dependent on,
- depending,
- depending on,
- depending on circumstances,
- disciple,
- encumbrance,
- exposed,
- falling,
- falling loosely,
- fan,
- feudal,
- feudatory,
- flowing,
- flunky,
- follower,
- following,
- guileless,
- habituated,
- habitue,
- hanger-on,
- hanging,
- hedged about by,
- heeler,
- henchman,
- hinging on,
- homager,
- homme de cour,
- hooked,
- hooked on,
- humbled,
- hung,
- iffy,
- in a rut,
- in question,
- in suspense,
- in the balance,
- incident to,
- incidental to,
- inferior,
- innocent,
- lackey,
- liable,
- liege,
- liege man,
- limited,
- man,
- minion,
- myrmidon,
- naive,
- never free from,
- open,
- parasite,
- partisan,
- pendent,
- pending,
- pendulant,
- pendular,
- penduline,
- pendulous,
- pensile,
- pensionary,
- pensioner,
- peon,
- predicated on,
- protege,
- provisional,
- provisory,
- public,
- public charge,
- pursuer,
- pursuivant,
- reckoning,
- relative,
- reliant,
- relying,
- restricted,
- retainer,
- revolving on,
- satellite,
- secondary,
- sectary,
- serf,
- servant,
- servile,
- shadow,
- slave,
- spaced out,
- stooge,
- sub,
- subject,
- subject to,
- subordinate,
- subservient,
- successor,
- supporter,
- susceptible,
- suspended,
- suspenseful,
- swinging,
- tagtail,
- tail,
- trainbearer,
- tributary,
- trustful,
- trusting,
- trusty,
- turning on,
- uncertain,
- uncounted,
- undecided,
- under,
- underling,
- understrapper,
- undetermined,
- unestablished,
- unfixed,
- unsettled,
- unsuspecting,
- unsuspicious,
- untold,
- up for grabs,
- used to,
- vassal,
- votary,
- ward,
- ward heeler,
- weeping,
- without suspicion,
- yeoman
Words containing 'Dependent'
- Depend,
- Dependable,
- Dependance,
- Dependancy,
- Dependant,
- Depended,
- Dependence,
- Dependencies,
- Dependency,
- Dependently,
- Depender,
- Depending,
- Dependingly,
- depend on,
- dependability,
- dependableness,
- dependably,
- dependant on,
- dependent on,
- depending on,
- By-dependence,
- Dependent contract,
- Dependent covenant,
- Dependent variable,
- depend upon,
- dependant upon,
- dependent clause,
- dependent upon,
- subject dependent,
- Self-dependent,
- Self-depending,
- alcohol-dependent,
- insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus,
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes,
- non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus,
- blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging