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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | dependent | Not independent |
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| 2 | dependent, dependant, qualified | Contingent on something else | |
| 3 | dependent, subordinate | (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence | |
| 4 | dependent, pendent, pendant, hanging, hanging down | Supported from above | |
| 5 | dependent, subject | Under the power or sovereignty of another or others | |
| 6 | dependent, dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out | Addicted to a drug | |
| NOUN | 1 | dependent, dependant | A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) |
| Sounds | dihpeh'ndahnt |
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| Rhymes | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, and 658 more rhymes in ahnt... |
| Meaning | Not independent. |
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| Examples | "dependent children" |
| Contrary | independent |
| Similar | babelike; helpless; interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial; myrmecophilous; parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking; reliant; symbiotic; underage |
| See also | unfree |
| Attribute of | independence, independency |
| Nouns | dependence, dependency |
| Meaning | Contingent on something else. |
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| Synonyms | dependant, qualified |
| Similar to | conditional |
| Verbs | depend |
| Meaning | (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence. |
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| Examples | "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" |
| Synonyms | subordinate |
| Contrary | independent, main |
| Category | grammar |
| Meaning | Supported from above. |
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| Synonyms | pendent, pendant, hanging, hanging down |
| Similar to | supported |
| Meaning | Under the power or sovereignty of another or others. |
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| Examples | "a dependent prince" |
| Synonyms | subject |
| Similar to | subordinate |
| Nouns | dependency |
| Meaning | Addicted to a drug. |
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| Synonyms | dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out |
| Similar to | addicted |
| Nouns | dependence, dependency |
| Meaning | A person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support). |
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| Synonyms | dependant |
| Broader | recipient, receiver |
| Narrower | charge; minion |
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