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Synonyms for dependent
dɪˈpɛn dəntde·pen·dent
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dependentnoun
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dependantdependentnoun
Relying upon; depending upon
At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.
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dependantdependentnoun
(of certain Irish irregular verbs): standing only after a preverbal particle
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dependantdependentadjective
Used in questions, negative sentences and after certain particles and prepositions.
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dependant
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
dependent
Synonyms:
hanging, resting, contingent, trusting, relying, subject, relativeAntonyms:
independent, irrelative, irrespective, absolute, free
Princeton's WordNet
dependant, dependentadjective
a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)
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dependantAntonyms:
nonsymbiotic, nonparasitic, self-sustaining, unconditional, autonomous, commutative, autarkic, fissiparous, self-reliant, insubordinate, unconditioned, self-supporting, single-handed, main(a), item-by-item, individual, independent, breakaway, unaddicted, self-sufficing, self-sufficient, unsupported, self-directed, separatist, free-living, unaffiliated, strong-minded, case-by-case, autarkical, indiedependentadjective
relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
"dependent children"; "dependent on moisture"
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pendent, drug-addicted, dependant, subordinate, qualified, strung-out, subject, pendant, hookedAntonyms:
nonparasitic, fissiparous, self-sufficient, unconditional, separatist, autonomous, autarkical, commutative, indie, independent, self-directed, item-by-item, self-sufficing, insubordinate, self-sustaining, unsupported, case-by-case, unaffiliated, unaddicted, strong-minded, breakaway, unconditioned, self-reliant, single-handed, self-supporting, individual, nonsymbiotic, free-living, main(a), autarkicdependent, dependant, qualifiedadjective
contingent on something else
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pendent, drug-addicted, restricted, dependant, subordinate, qualified, strung-out, subject, certified, pendant, hookedAntonyms:
autarkic, self-directed, self-sustaining, main(a), strong-minded, insubordinate, fissiparous, commutative, autonomous, nonparasitic, single-handed, self-sufficient, case-by-case, nonsymbiotic, unconditional, autarkical, item-by-item, individual, unconditioned, self-sufficing, independent, free-living, self-reliant, unaffiliated, self-supporting, separatist, breakaway, unaddicted, unsupported, indiedependent, subordinateadjective
(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"
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pendent, drug-addicted, dependant, subordinate, qualified, strung-out, low-level, subject, pendant, hookedAntonyms:
unsupported, individual, strong-minded, independent, unconditioned, nonparasitic, autarkical, self-sufficing, unconditional, self-sustaining, self-sufficient, separatist, unaddicted, indie, item-by-item, breakaway, self-reliant, main(a), self-directed, autarkic, self-supporting, autonomous, insubordinate, case-by-case, nonsymbiotic, free-living, single-handed, unaffiliated, fissiparous, commutativependent, pendant, dependentadjective
held from above
"a pendant bunch of grapes"
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pendent, drug-addicted, dependant, subordinate, qualified, strung-out, subject, pendant, hookedAntonyms:
autarkical, individual, self-directed, fissiparous, unconditioned, commutative, case-by-case, unaddicted, unaffiliated, unconditional, nonsymbiotic, independent, separatist, autonomous, main(a), strong-minded, free-living, unsupported, self-sufficing, self-sustaining, item-by-item, autarkic, nonparasitic, indie, breakaway, self-supporting, self-sufficient, insubordinate, self-reliant, single-handedsubject, dependentadjective
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
"subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"
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pendent, drug-addicted, dependant, subordinate, qualified, strung-out, subject, open, pendant, hooked, capableAntonyms:
self-supporting, self-reliant, nonsymbiotic, autarkical, item-by-item, main(a), unaddicted, autonomous, nonparasitic, unconditional, independent, breakaway, self-sustaining, commutative, strong-minded, insubordinate, fissiparous, free-living, indie, case-by-case, unconditioned, unaffiliated, separatist, individual, self-sufficing, single-handed, unsupported, self-directed, self-sufficient, autarkicdependent, dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-outadjective
addicted to a drug
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pendent, hooklike, aquiline, drug-addicted, dependant, subordinate, qualified, strung-out, subject, pendant, hookedAntonyms:
self-sufficient, single-handed, indie, unconditional, autonomous, main(a), commutative, self-reliant, unconditioned, insubordinate, nonsymbiotic, independent, self-supporting, separatist, individual, unaddicted, nonparasitic, unsupported, self-sustaining, free-living, autarkical, self-directed, self-sufficing, item-by-item, fissiparous, unaffiliated, autarkic, strong-minded, breakaway, case-by-case
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dependentadjective
Synonyms:
conditioned, contingentAntonyms:
independent, unconditioned
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "dependent":
dependant, dependents, dependants, -dependent, addicted, reliant, dependence, dependency, subordinate, subsidiary, codependent, subsidiaries, daughter, tributary
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#259 | subject | |
#283 | open | |
#2216 | certified | |
#2832 | daughter | |
#2927 | relative | |
#3344 | qualified | |
#3780 | dependent | |
#4264 | capable | |
#4794 | restricted | |
#6086 | hanging | |
#6921 | pendant | |
#7868 | subsidiary | |
#8680 | relying | |
#9159 | dependence | |
#9741 | subsidiaries | |
#11116 | dependency | |
#13159 | hooked | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#14472 | resting | |
#15769 | addicted | |
#18868 | subordinate | |
#21403 | reliant | |
#21561 | dependents | |
#23779 | trusting | |
#23938 | dependant | |
#29197 | tributary | |
#47926 | dependants | |
#48413 | pendent | |
#98504 | aquiline | |
#161740 | codependent |
How to use dependent in a sentence?
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace:
We are very dependent on American air cover and American intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. We need to diversify our assets.
Barring an unforeseen event, the Fed will not be keen to rock the boat, i think Yellen has hedged her bets very carefully and remains data-dependent and I don't see a change in that strategy at the end of the meeting.
It's all dependent on the pilot.
Mosquitoes are dependent on containers of water for their larvae, so in places with an intense long dry season, mosquitoes become very dependent on humans who store water.
Energy security equals national security, this is weakening our national security.I mean for the first time in decades, we were energy independent at the end of 2019, beginning of 2020. And when you export more than you import and you're not dependent on foreign countries for your own energy needs, that's a lever of national security.
Translations for dependent
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- يعتمد, متوقف, معتمدArabic
- подчинен, протеже, зависимBulgarian
- závislý, spoléhajícíCzech
- afhængigDanish
- Unterhaltsempfänger, abhängigGerman
- εξαρτημένοςGreek
- dependaEsperanto
- dependienteSpanish
- ülalpeetav, sõltuvEstonian
- dépendantFrench
- spleáchIrish
- eisimeileach, an urra riScottish Gaelic
- תלויHebrew
- tergantungIndonesian
- 依存, 頼る, 次第Japanese
- atkarīgsLatvian
- avhengigNorwegian
- afhankelijkDutch
- avhengigNorwegian Nynorsk
- avhengigeNorwegian
- uzależniony, zależnyPolish
- dependentePortuguese
- dependentRomanian
- зависимыйRussian
- òvisan, zavisan, nesamostalna, zavisna, nesamostalanSerbo-Croatian
- beroende, avhängigSwedish
- bağımlıTurkish
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