dependent
Noun · AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)Synonyms: dependant
Adjective (6)
- relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed“dependent children”“dependent on moisture”
- contingent on something elseSynonyms: dependantqualified
- (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”Synonyms: subordinate
- held from above“a pendant bunch of grapes”Synonyms: pendentpendant
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others“subject peoples”“a dependent prince”Synonyms: subject
- addicted to a drugSynonyms: dependantdrug-addictedhookedstrung-out
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger-on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents. [1913 Webster]
A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses.— Hallam.[1913 Webster]
2.That which depends; corollary; consequence. [1913 Webster]
With all its circumstances and dependents.— Prynne.[1913 Webster]
Note: See the Note under Dependant. [1913 Webster]
1.Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. [1913 Webster]
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; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of independent. [Narrower terms: interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial; parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking; subordinate; underage; myrmecophilous; symbiotic] Also See: unfree. [1913 Webster]
England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
3.conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of unconditional.
Syn: qualified. [WordNet 1.5]
4.addicted to drugs.
Syn: addicted, dependent, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out. [WordNet 1.5]
Dependent covenant or Dependent 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. [1913 Webster]