Dependent Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Dependent

reliant
Having reliance on.
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dependant
Dependant is defined as relying on or needing another.
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immature
Marked by or suggesting a lack of normal maturity:
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helpless
Lacking help or protection
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charge
A person or thing entrusted to someone's care
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secondary
Second or lower in rank or importance; not primary:
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minor
A person under full legal age, who has not yet acquired all civil rights
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clinging
Subordinate
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subject
Prone; disposed:
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subordinate
The definition of subordinate is someone who is lower in rank to another or subject to another's control.
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subservient
Subordinate in capacity or function.
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ward
A person under guardianship.
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contingent
That may or may not happen; possible
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conditional
Containing, implying, or dependent on a condition or conditions; qualified; not absolute
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not able to sustain oneself
Needing outside support
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regulated by
Contingent
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determined by
Contingent
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conditioned
Subject to conditions; depending on certain conditions
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relative
Relative is defined as something connected, relevant or dependent on something else.
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liable to
Contingent
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incidental to
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under the control of (something exterior)
Contingent
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sustained by
Contingent
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unable to exist without
Contingent
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ancillary
Auxiliary or accessory:
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provisory
Containing (a) proviso(es)
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controlled by
Contingent
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on a string
Contingent
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retired person
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orphan
(Rare) A child who has lost only one parent by death
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protegé
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retainer
Any thing or person that retains.
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hanger-on
One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted. - Oliver Goldsmith
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collateral
Collateral is defined as something side by side, or something pledged to guarantee that a loan will be repaid.
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minion
(Obs.) Delicate, dainty, etc.
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sequacious
Tending in a continuous intellectual direction; not rambling or discursive.
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susceptible
Vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless
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vassal
Being a vassal
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subject to
Contingent
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poor
Not adequate in quality or quantity; inferior:
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hooked
Made by hooking yarn:
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strung-out
Widely spaced.
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qualified
Limited, restricted, or modified:
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pendent
Projecting; overhanging.
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addicted
Having a physical or psychological dependence on some habit, esp. on the use of a narcotic drug
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indigent
(Archaic) Lacking; destitute (of)
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accessory to
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lesser
Of two things, the smaller in size, value, importance etc.
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drug-addicted
addicted to a drug
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Antonyms for Dependent

independent
Not depending on another or others, esp. for financial support
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free
(Botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
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mature
Having reached full natural growth or development:
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strong
Having force of conviction or feeling; uncompromising:
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unreliant
weak, helpless
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Words Related to Dependent

child
(Computing) A data item, process or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another data item, process or object.
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depend
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weak
Lacking, poor, or deficient in something specified
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rely
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start
Determined or to be determined by someone or something else
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over
Upper, outer, superior, excessive, or extra
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give
A tendency to be springy; resilience
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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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