dependent
adjective
1. relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
- dependent children
- dependent on moisture
Similar word(s): babelike, helpless, interdependent, mutualist, myrmecophilous, bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic, parasitical, reliant, symbiotic, underage, unfree
2. contingent on something else
Similar word(s): conditional, dependant, qualified
3. (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
Similar word(s): subordinate
4. held from above and hanging down
Similar word(s): supported, pendant, pendent
5. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- a dependent prince
Similar word(s): subordinate, subject
6. addicted to a drug
Similar word(s): addicted, dependant, hooked
Sentences with dependent as an adjective:
- At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.
- a dependent bough or leaf
noun
1. a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
Similar word(s): dependant
Definition categories: person, receiver, recipient
Sentences with dependent as a noun:
- With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all ... (In British English, this meaning is spelt dependant.)