DEPENDENT

dependent, dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out

(adjective) addicted to a drug

dependent, dependant, qualified

(adjective) contingent on something else

dependent

(adjective) relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; “dependent children”; “dependent on moisture”

dependent, subordinate

(adjective) (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”

subject, dependent

(adjective) being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; “subject peoples”; “a dependent prince”

pendent, pendant, dependent

(adjective) held from above and hanging down; “a pendant bunch of grapes”

dependant, dependent

(noun) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

dependent (comparative more dependent, superlative most dependent)

Relying upon; depending upon.

(statistics) Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.

(of Scottish Gaelic, Manx and Irish verb forms) Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions.

(medicine) Affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.

Hanging down.

Antonyms

• independent

Hyponyms

• language-dependent

• redshift-dependent

• system-dependent

• order-dependent

Noun

dependent (plural dependents)

(US) One who relies on another for support

(grammar) An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.

(grammar) The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.

Synonyms

• dependant (UK)

Antonyms

• independent

Source: Wiktionary

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De*pend"ent, a. Etym: [L. dependens, -entis, p. pr. dependere. See Depend, and cf. Dependant.]

1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf.

2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self-sustaining; contingent or conditioned; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. Macaulay. Dependent covenant or contract (Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed.

– Dependent variable (Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the independent variable.

De*pend"ent, n.

1. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for support of favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents. A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses. Hallam.

2. That which depends; corollary; consequence. With all its circumstances and dependents. Prynne.

Note: See the Note under Dependant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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