Dependent
Related Definitions
[n] a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
[adj] addicted to a drug
[adj] contingent on something else
[adj] not independent; "dependent children"
[adj] (grammar) of a clause; 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"
[adj] being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"
Synonyms
addicted, babelike, bloodsucking, conditional, dependant, dependant, dependent on(p), drug-addicted, helpless, hooked, interdependent, leechlike, mutualist, mutually beneficial, myrmecophilous, parasitic, parasitical, qualified, reliant, reliant on(p), st
Related Terms
accessory, addicted, addicted to, adherent, ancillary, appendage, appurtenant, at issue, attendant, based on, boxed in, buff, cascading, cavaliere servente, charge, childlike, circumscribed, circumscribed by, client, collateral, conditional, conditioned,