Dependent Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-pĕndənt
Contingent
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. conditional
  2. conditioned
  3. contingent
  4. relative
  5. subordinate
  6. reliant
  7. subject
  8. liable to
  9. subject to
  10. incidental to
  11. under the control of (something exterior)
  12. sustained by
  13. child
  14. clinging
  15. unable to exist without
  16. dependant
  17. ancillary
  18. accessory to
  19. qualified
  20. helpless
  21. provisory
  22. minion
  23. controlled by
  24. provisional
  25. regulated by
  26. determined by
  27. on a string
  28. drug-addicted
  29. secondary
  30. sequacious
  31. susceptible
  32. hooked
  33. vassal
  34. ward
  35. strung-out
Antonyms:
  1. independent
  2. unconditioned
  3. free
Needing outside support
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. weak
  2. helpless
  3. poor
  4. indigent
  5. minor
  6. immature
  7. clinging
  8. reliant
  9. pendent
  10. not able to sustain oneself
  11. addicted
  12. pendant
A person who relies on another for support
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. child
  2. charge
  3. ward
  4. retired person
  5. orphan
  6. conditional
  7. minor
  8. dependant
  9. protegé
  10. retainer
  11. hanger-on
  12. protege
  13. contingent
  14. subject

Words Related to Dependent

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Dependent Sentence Examples

  • She was becoming more dependent on him.

  • Their land phone was dependent on electricity.

  • One who is entirely dependent upon the manual alphabet has always a sense of restraint, of narrowness.

  • As her intellect grew she became less dependent on this sense.

  • The coast natives were dependent on the rulers of Dahomey or Porto Novo.

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