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dependant |
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dependence |
dependency |
dependent
| dependent clause
| dependent on
| dependent variable
| depending on
| depersonalisation
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dependent has 1 sense
- dependent(n = noun.person) dependant - a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support); Array is a kind of receiver, recipient
has particulars: charge, minion
Derived form adjective dependent1
Adjective dependent has 6 senses
- dependent(a = adj.all) Array - relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; "dependent children"; "dependent on moisture" Derived forms noun dependence1, noun dependency1, noun dependent1
- dependent(s = adj.all) dependant, qualified - contingent on something else; Array Derived form verb depend1
- dependent(a = adj.all) subordinate - (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" Antonym: independent
- dependent(s = adj.all) pendant, pendent - held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes"
- dependent(s = adj.all) subject - being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince" Derived form noun dependency3
- dependent(s = adj.all) dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out - addicted to a drug; Array Derived forms noun dependence2, noun dependency2
Antonym: independent
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dependent, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (usu. foll. by on) depending, conditional, or subordinate.
2 unable to do without (esp. a drug).
3 maintained at another's cost.
4 Math. (of a variable) having a value determined by that of another variable.
5 Gram. (of a clause, phrase, or word) subordinate to a sentence or word.
--n. US var. of DEPENDANT.
--adj.
1 (usu. foll. by on) depending, conditional, or subordinate.
2 unable to do without (esp. a drug).
3 maintained at another's cost.
4 Math. (of a variable) having a value determined by that of another variable.
5 Gram. (of a clause, phrase, or word) subordinate to a sentence or word.
--n. US var. of DEPENDANT.
Derivative
dependently adv.
Etymology
ME, earlier -ant = DEPENDANT
DEVIL DICTIONARY
dependent
adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.THESAURUS
dependent
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, yeomanROGET THESAURUS
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Servant
N servant, subject, liegeman, servant, retainer, follower, henchman, servitor, domestic, menial, help, lady help, employe, attache, official, retinue, suite, cortege, staff, court, attendant, squire, usher, page, donzel, footboy, train bearer, cup bearer, waiter, lapster, butler, livery servant, lackey, footman, flunky, flunkey, valet, valet de chambre, equerry, groom, jockey, hostler, ostler, tiger, orderly, messenger, cad, gillie, herdsman, swineherd, barkeeper, bartender, bell boy, boots, boy, counterjumper, khansamah, khansaman, khitmutgar, yardman, bailiff, castellan, seneschal, chamberlain, major-domo, groom of the chambers, secretary, under secretary, assistant secretary, clerk, subsidiary, agent, subaltern, underling, understrapper, man, maid, maidservant, handmaid, confidente, lady's maid, abigail, soubrette, amah, biddy, nurse, bonne, ayah, nursemaid, nursery maid, house maid, parlor maid, waiting maid, chamber maid, kitchen maid, scullery maid, femme de chambre, femme fille, camarista, chef de cuisine, cordon bleu, cook, scullion, Cinderella, potwalloper, maid of all work, servant of all work, laundress, bedmaker, journeyman, charwoman, bearer, chokra, gyp (Cambridge), hamal, scout (Oxford), serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot, bondsman, bondswoman, bondslave, ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe, villian, villein, beadsman, bedesman, sizar, pensioner, pensionary, client, dependant, dependent, hanger on, satellite, parasite, led captain, protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature, badge of slavery, bonds, in the train of, in one's pay, in one's employ, at one's call, in bonds.Subjection
N subjection, dependence, dependency, subordination, thrall, thralldom, thraldom, enthrallment, subjugation, bondage, serfdom, feudalism, feudality, vassalage, villenage, slavery, enslavement, involuntary servitude, conquest, service, servitude, servitorship, tendence, employ, tutelage, clientship, liability, constraint, oppression, yoke, submission, obedience, subject, dependent, subordinate, feudal, feudatory, in subjection to, under control, in leading strings, in harness, subjected, enslaved, constrained, downtrodden, overborne, overwhelmed, under the lash, on the hip, led by the nose, henpecked, the puppet of, the sport of, the plaything of, under one's orders, under one's command, under one's thumb, a slave to, at the mercy of, in the power of, in the hands of, in the clutches of, at the feet of, at one's beck and call, liable, parasitical, stipendiary, under, slaves - in a land of light and law.Pendency
N pendency, dependency, suspension, hanging, pedicel, pedicle, peduncle, tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony tail, pendulum, hangnail peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook, fastening, spar, horse, pendent, pendulous, pensile, hanging, beetling, jutting over, overhanging, projecting, dependent, suspended, loose, flowing, having a peduncle, pedunculate, tailed, caudate.
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