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Another word for dependent

dependent Synonyms

dependent

modif.

Subordinate
subject, subservient, secondary, lesser; see subordinate.
Needing outside support
helpless, poor, indigent, minor, immature, clinging, reliant, weak, not able to sustain oneself, addicted; see also weak 6.
Contingent
liable to, subject to, incidental to, conditional, conditioned, under the control of (something exterior), sustained by, unable to exist without, subordinate, ancillary, accessory to, provisory, controlled by, regulated by, determined by, on a string*; see also conditional.

dependent Synonyms

dependent

n.

minor, child, charge, ward, retired person, orphan, minor, protegÃ©, retainer, hanger-on; see also child, ward 2.

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Another word for dependent

adjective

Determined or to be determined by someone or something else:
conditional, conditioned, contingent, relative, reliant, subject. See start
In a position of subordination:
collateral, subject, subordinate, subservient. See over, part

noun

A person who relies on another for support:

charge, ward. See give

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She was becoming more dependent on him.
In reading my teacher's lips I was wholly dependent on my fingers: I had to use the sense of touch in catching the vibrations of the throat, the movements of the mouth and the expression of the face; and often this sense was at fault.
One who is entirely dependent upon the manual alphabet has always a sense of restraint, of narrowness.
Their land phone was dependent on electricity.
The Loss Of A Charge Is Naturally Largely Dependent On The Richness Of The Surrounding Air In Ions.

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