dependency

dependency is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 22 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
2. noun. A thing hanging down; a dependence.
3. noun. That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
4. noun. A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.
5. noun. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

   Synonyms: colony

6. noun. the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else

   Synonyms: dependance, dependence

7. noun. being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

   Synonyms: addiction, dependance, dependence, habituation

Synonyms

colony, dependance, dependence, addiction, habituation

Common word forms

dependencies

Words from these letters

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