Dependent Synonyms and Antonyms
dĭ-pĕn'dənt
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Synonyms for Dependent
Dependant is defined as relying on or needing another.
Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity:
Lacking help or protection
A person or thing entrusted to someone's care
Second or lower in rank or importance; not primary:
A person under full legal age, who has not yet acquired all civil rights
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Subordinate
Prone; disposed:
The definition of subordinate is someone who is lower in rank to another or subject to another's control.
Subordinate in capacity or function.
A person under guardianship.
That may or may not happen; possible
Containing, implying, or dependent on a condition or conditions; qualified; not absolute
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not able to sustain oneself
Needing outside support
regulated by
Contingent
determined by
Contingent
Subject to conditions; depending on certain conditions
Relative is defined as something connected, relevant or dependent on something else.
liable to
Contingent
incidental to
Contingent
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under the control of (something exterior)
Contingent
sustained by
Contingent
unable to exist without
Contingent
Auxiliary or accessory:
controlled by
Contingent
on a string
Contingent
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retired person
(Rare) A child who has lost only one parent by death
protegé
Collateral is defined as something side by side, or something pledged to guarantee that a loan will be repaid.
(Obs.) Delicate, dainty, etc.
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sequacious
Tending in a continuous intellectual direction; not rambling or discursive.
Vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless
Being a vassal
Contingent
Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
Made by hooking yarn:
Widely spaced.
Limited, restricted, or modified:
Projecting; overhanging.
Having a physical or psychological dependence on some habit, esp. on the use of a narcotic drug
(Archaic) Lacking; destitute (of)
accessory to
Contingent
addicted to a drug
Antonyms for Dependent
Not depending on another or others, esp. for financial support
Having reached full natural growth or development:
Having force of conviction or feeling; uncompromising:
unreliant
weak, helpless
Words Related to Dependent
Lacking, poor, or deficient in something specified
Determined or to be determined by someone or something else
Upper, outer, superior, excessive, or extra
A tendency to be springy; resilience
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