Meaning of dependent in English
Classifying Adjective
dependentDefinitions
1. contingent on something elseSynonyms
- 2. being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
Examples
- « subject peoples »
- « a dependent prince »
Synonyms
- 3. addicted to a drug
Synonyms
Noun
dependentDefinitions
1. a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)Qualitative Adjective
dependentEtymology
late Middle English dependant ‘hanging down’, from Old French, present participle of dependre (see depend). The spelling change in the 16th century was due to association with the Latin participial stem dependent-Definitions
1. not independentExamples
- « dependent children »
Synonyms
- babelike
- helpless
- interdependent
- mutualist
- mutually beneficial
- parasitic
- parasitical
- leechlike
- bloodsucking
- reliant
- symbiotic
- underage
- myrmecophilous
Antonyms
- 2. of a clause
Examples
- « 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 »
Antonyms