| ADJECTIVE | all | dependent | relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | dependent, dependant, qualified | contingent on something else | |
| all | dependent, subordinate | (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence | |
| all | dependent, pendent, pendant | held from above | |
| all | dependent, subject | being under the power or sovereignty of another or others | |
| all | dependent, dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out | addicted to a drug | |
| NOUN | person | dependent, dependant | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) |
| Sounds | dihpeh'ndahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | Relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Examples |
| |
| Attribute of | independence, independency | freedom from control or influence of another or others |
| Narrower | babelike | like a baby especially in dependence |
| helpless | Unable to manage independently | |
| interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial | mutually dependent | |
| myrmecophilous | Living symbiotically with ants | |
| parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking | Of plants or persons | |
| reliant | Relying on another for support / support | |
| symbiotic | Used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each | |
| underage | Dependent by virtue of youth | |
| See also | unfree | hampered and not free |
| Opposite | independent | Free from external control and constraint / constraint |
| Spanish | dependiente | |
| Catalan | dependent | |
| Nouns | dependence, dependency | the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else |
| dependent | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) | |
| Meaning | Contingent on something else. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | dependant, qualified | |
| Broader | conditional | imposing or depending on or containing a condition |
| Spanish | dependiente, restringido | |
| Catalan | dependent | |
| Verbs | depend | be contingent upon (something that is elided) |
| Meaning | (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" | |
| Synonym | subordinate | |
| Category | grammar | The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) |
| Opposite | independent, main | (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence |
| Spanish | subordinado | |
| Meaning | Held from above. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | pendent, pendant | |
| Broader | supported | held up or having the weight borne especially from below |
| Spanish | colgante, suspenso | |
| Catalan | penjant, suspès | |
| Meaning | Under the power or sovereignty of another or others. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a dependent prince" | |
| Synonym | subject | |
| Broader | subordinate | subject or submissive to authority or the control of another |
| Spanish | súbdito | |
| Nouns | dependency | a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country |
| Meaning | addicted to a drug. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out | |
| Broader | addicted | compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming |
| Spanish | dogrodependiente, drogadicto, enganchado | |
| Catalan | drogoaddicte, drogodependent, enganxat | |
| Nouns | dependence, dependency | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) |
| Meaning | A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | dependant | |
| Narrower | charge | A person committed to your care |
| minion | A servile or fawning dependant | |
| Broader | recipient, receiver | A person who receives something |
| Spanish | dependiente | |
| Catalan | dependent, persona a càrrec | |
| Adjectives | dependent | relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact
English |
Spanish |
Catalan
Privacy |
Robots