Dependent

Adjective

 * 1) Relying upon; depending upon
 * At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.
 * 1) (of certain Irish irregular verbs): standing only after a preverbal particle
 * 2)  Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions.
 * 3) (in medicine:) affecting the lower part of the body, such as the legs while standing up, or the back while supine

Noun

 * 1) 🇺🇸 One who relies on another for support
 * With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all ... (In British English, this meaning is spelt dependant.)
 * 1)  An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements modifiers and determiners.
 * 2) (Greek grammar) the aorist subjunctive form of a verb; or non-past, perfective form of a verb

Adjectives for Dependent
servile; wise; beggarly; penniless; mutual; weaker; helpless; hapless.

Adverbs for Dependent
pitifully; completely; partially; sadly; helplessly; unhappily; grievously; sullenly; subserviently; servilely; fawningly; obsequiously; hopelessly; desperately; wholly; meekly; touchingly; pathetically.

Synonyms for Dependent
contingent, relying, relative, consequent, conditional, reliant, subject, collateral.

Antonyms for Dependent
absolute, unconditional, free, independent, categorical, underived.

Thesaurus
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, confiding, contingent, contingent on, counting, courtier, creature, credulous, dangler, dangling, debased, dependent on, depending, depending on, depending on circumstances, disciple, encumbrance, exposed, falling, falling loosely, fan, feudal, feudatory, flowing, flunky, follower, following, guileless, habituated, habitue, hanger-on, hanging, hedged about by, heeler, henchman, hinging on, homager, homme de cour, hooked, hooked on, humbled, hung, iffy, in a rut, in question, in suspense, in the balance, incident to, incidental to, inferior, innocent, lackey, liable, liege, liege man, limited, man, minion, myrmidon, naive, never free from, open, parasite, partisan, pendent, pending, pendulant, pendular, penduline, pendulous, pensile, pensionary, pensioner, peon, predicated on, protege, provisional, provisory, public, public charge, pursuer, pursuivant, reckoning, relative, reliant, relying, restricted, retainer, revolving on, satellite, secondary, sectary, serf, servant, servile, shadow, slave, spaced out, stooge, sub, subject, subject to, subordinate, subservient, successor, supporter, susceptible, suspended, suspenseful, swinging, tagtail, tail, trainbearer, tributary, trustful, trusting, trusty, turning on, uncertain, uncounted, undecided, under, underling, understrapper, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unsettled, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, untold, up for grabs, used to, vassal, votary, ward, ward heeler, weeping, without suspicion, yeoman

Etymology
Originally dependant:, from dépendant:, present participle of dépendre: (in English assimilated to  dependentem:).

Adjective

 * Arabic: متوقف, معتمد
 * Bulgarian: зависим, подчинен
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 依靠, 倚賴,  倚赖
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: závislý, spoléhající
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: dependa
 * Estonian: sõltuv
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek: (exartiménos)
 * Hebrew: תלוי
 * Japanese: 次第, 依存,
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian: dependent
 * Russian: зависимый
 * Scottish Gaelic:, eisimeileach
 * Serbian: nesamostalan, nesamostalna , zavisan , zavisna
 * Spanish:


 * Scottish Gaelic: eisimeileach

Noun

 * Bulgarian: протеже
 * Estonian: ülalpeetav


 * French:
 * Spanish: dependiente

Related terms

 * depend
 * dependent clause
 * dependent variable
 * depending
 * independent
 * co-dependent

Adjective
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 * 1) dependent

Antonyms

 * independent